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COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. 



The Bible for the Sick 



A Compilation 



By 
HENRY KING HANNAH 

Rector of Trinity Churchy Concord, Massachusetts 



35M, 



, 



NEW YORK 

THOMAS WHITTAKER 

2 and 3 Bible House 



LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
Two Copies Received 

DEC H 1905 

k Copyright Entry 
CLASS GL XXc, No, 

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' COPY B. 






Copyright, 1905, 
By THOMAS WHITTAKER 



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To my friend 

William E. Harmon 

this book 

is dedicated 



PREFACE 

SELECTIONS from the Bible to be read to the 
sick may be found in books intended for the use 
of the clergy. This compilation follows with some 
changes such a selection at the end of Bishop How's 
" Pastor in Parochia. " But this book is meant for the sick 
to read themselves. And its publication will be justified 
if in this form Holy Scripture appeals to any who now 
make no use of the Bible. 

The King James Version has been used with here and 
there changes suggested by the Marginal Readings Bible. 
These changes clear up the meaning of the older version 
and make comment unnecessary. Absence of notes is 
further justified by the fact that the sick do not need 
ideas so much as they need a feeling of hopeful depend- 
ence upon God, and this feeling, the Bible itself, to a 
supreme degree, has the power to create. 

Concord, Massachusetts, August 3?, igoj. 



SELECTIONS 



Old Testament 















PAGE 
















PAGE 


Genesis 1-2 : 1 3 


Psalm 43 56 


3: 1-19 . 






6 


46 . 














57 


21 : 9-21 


. 




. 8 


57 • 














58 


22: 1-18 






10 


84 . 














59 


32 : 22-31 






12 


88 . 














60 


Exodus 15 : 1- 1 8 






13 


90 . 














61 


17:8-13 






J 5 


91 • 














. 63 


19: 1-6; 20 : I- 


-1; 


h 16 


102 














64 


Numbers 21 : 4-9 . . 




18 


XI 3 














65 


Deuteronomy 8 : 1-1 1 




19 


116 














. 66 


30: 11-20 




21 


121 














67 


33- • • 




22 


124 














68 


Joshua 1 : 1-9 . . . 






25 


127 














69 


I Samuel 12 : 20-25 






26 


130 














70 


2 Samuel 12: 15-23 






27 


139 














71 


Job 5 : 6-19 .... 






28 


142 














. 73 


33 : H-3° 












29 


Proverbs I : 22-31 








- 74 


Psalm 1 . . 












3° 


3 : 1 1-26 








75 


3 • . 












3 1 


Isaiah 1 : 2-6 . . 








. 76 


4 . • 












32 


I : 10-18 










■ 77 


6 . . 












33 


5:1-7 . 










- 78 


8 . . 












34 


12 : 1-6 










. 79 


13 • • 












35 


26 : 1-9 










80 


16 . . 












36 


30 : 18-21 










81 


17 . . 












37 


32 : 1-4 










. 82 


18 . . 












39 


35 • • • 










83 


20 . . 












42 


38 : 1-20 










84 


23 • • 












• 43 


40: 1-11 










86 


2 l ' ' 












44 


40:25-31 








87 


28 . . 












46 


41 : 10-14 








88 


30 • • 












47 


41 : 17-20 








89 


31 • . 












48 


42: 1-8 . , 








90 


34 . . 












5° 


44 : 21-23 








9i 


38 . . . 












52 


52:7-12 . . 








92 


39 . . 












54 


52 : 13-53 : 12 






93 


42 . . 












55 


55 •• l- 


3> 


6- 


-1; 


> 






95 



Vll 



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Selections 



Isaiah 57 : 15-21 . . . 

60 

Lamentations 3 : 17-27 . 

3--3I-33.54-5 8 
Ezekiel 18 : 23-32 . . . 

33 = 3°-33 • > • 



PAGE 

• 97 
. 98 
. 101 
. 102 
. 103 

• i°5 





PAGE 


36:25-31 . . . 


. 106 


37 : 1-14 • • 


. 107 


Daniel 3 : 16-30 . . . 


. 109 


9:3-19 . . . 


. in 


Micah 6 : 1-8 . 


• "3 


Malachi 3 : 1-8, 13-18 


. "4 



New Testament 











PAGE 


Matthew 5 : 1-12 . . . .119 


6 : 25-34 . . 




. I20 


14:22-33 . 




. 121 


15 : 21-28 




. 122 


17 : 1-9 • • 




- 123 


18 : 21-35 • 




. 124 


20: 20-28 




. 126 


22 : I-14 . 




. 127 


25 : I-13 • 




. 128 


25 : 3 J -46 




. 129 


26 : 36-46 




• 131 


27 : 26-44 




. I32 


27 : 45-54 




• 134 


Mark 2 : 1-12 . . . 




• 135 


5 : 22-43 








.136 


13 : 32-37 








• i3» 


Luke 2 : 25-35 . 








• 139 


5 = 2 7-32 








. 140 


7 : 36-50 








. . 141 


10 : 38-42 








• 143 


12: 16-31 








■ • 144 


12 ; 32-40 








. . 146 


13 : 6-9 • 








• H7 


14 : 15-24 








. 148 


15 : 1-10 








. • 149 


15: II-24 








. . 150 


16: 19-31 








. . 151 


17: 11-19 








■ • 153 


23 : 33-46 








. • 154 


24 : 36-47 








• ■ 155 


John 3 : 14-21 








. .156 


5*1-9 • 








. .157 



PAGE 
John 5 : 21-29 158 

6 : 47-58 '59 

10: 1-18 160 

11 : 20-27 J 62 

":33-44 163 

13 • 1-17 l6 4 

14: 1-6 166 

15 : 1-10 167 

17 : 9-17 168 

17 : 20-26 169 

19 : 16-30 170 

20: 11-18 172 

21 : 15-19 173 

Acts 2 : 22-36 174 

3 : 1-10 176 

7 : 54-6o 177 

10 : 34-43 178 

13:32-41 179 

16 : 19-34 180 

20 : 17-38 182 

Romans 3 : 20-26 . . . .184 

5: i-ii 185 

7 : 14-25 .... 186 
8:1-13 187 

8 : 14-18 .... 188 

8:31-39 ... 189 
13:8-14 .... 190 

1 Corinthians 1 : 18-31 . .191 

11:23-34 . 193 

15 *94 

2 Corinthians 1:3-11 . .198 

4 : 14-5 : 10 . 199 



Selections 



IX 



PAGE 

2 Corinthians 12 : 7-10 . . 201 

Ephesians 3 : 14-21 . . . 202 

6 : 10-20 . . . 203 

Philippians 1:3-11 . . . 204 

2 : 5-16 . . .205 

3 : 7-14 ... 206 

Colossians 1 : 9-18 . . . . 207 

1 Thessalonians 4 : 13-18 . 208 

5:1-11. . 209 

I Timothy 6 : 1 1-16 . . . 210 

Hebrews 2 : 8-18 . . . .211 

3: 7-15 .... 212 

4: 14-16 .... 213 

II : 32-40 . . . 214 



Hebrews 12: 1-II 
James 5 : 7-20 . 

1 Peter 1 : 3-9 . 

2 : 20-25 
5 : 6-11 . 

2 Peter 3 : 8-14 . 
1 John 3 : 1-8 . . 

4:9-21 . 

5 : 13-21 ■ 
Revelation 3 : 14-22 

7 : 9-17 
19 : 5-9 
21 : 1-7 
22: 1-7 



PAGE 

.215 
. 216 
. 218 
. 219 
. 220 
. 221 
. 222 
. 223 
. 224 
. 225 
. 226 
. 227 
. 228 
. 229 



Apocrypha 



Wisdom 3:1-8, 
5 : I-16 



PAGE 

.233 
.234 



Ecclesiasticus 2 . . . 
14: 11-20 



PAGE 
. 236 
.238 



OLD TESTAMENT 



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IN the beginning God created the heaven and the 
earth. And the earth was without form, and void ; 
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And 
the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 
And God said, Let there be light : and there was light. 
And God saw the light, that it was good : and God 
divided the light from the darkness. And God called 
the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And 
the evening and the morning were the first day. And 
God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the 
waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters 
which were under the firmament from the waters which 
were above the firmament: and it was so. And God 
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and 
the morning were the second day. And God said, 
Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together 
unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was 
so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the 
gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and 
God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the 
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the 
fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in 
itself, upon the earth : and it was so. And the earth 
brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his 

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kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in 
itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 
And the evening and the morning were the third day. 
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of 
the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let 
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and 
years : and let them be for lights in the firmament of the 
heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 
And God made two great lights; the greater light to 
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he 
made the stars also. And God set them in the firma- 
ment of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to 
rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the 
light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. 
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the 
moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly 
above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And 
God created great whales, and every living creature that 
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after 
their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and 
God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, say- 
ing, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the 
seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the even- 
ing and the morning were the fifth day. And God said, 
Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his 
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth 
after his kind : and it was so. And God made the beast 
of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, 
and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his 



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kind : and God saw that it was good. And God said, 
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ; and 
let him have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over 
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the 
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon 
the earth. So God created man in his own image, in 
the image of God created he him; male and female 
created he them. And God blessed them, and God said 
unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the 
earth, and subdue it ; and have dominion over the fish 
of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every 
living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, 
Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which 
is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, in which is 
the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for 
meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every 
fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the 
earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green 
herb for meat : and it was so. And God saw everything 
that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And 
the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus 
the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host 
of them. 

— Genesis 1-2 : 1. 



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NOW the serpent was more subtile than any beast 
of the field which the Lord God had made. 
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God 
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? And 
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit 
of the trees of the garden : but of the fruit of the tree 
which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye 
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely 
die : for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, 
then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, 
knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that 
the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the 
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took 
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her 
husband with her ; and he did eat. And the eyes of them 
both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; 
and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves 
aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God 
walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and the 
man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of 
the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the 
Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, 
Where art thou ? And he said, I heard thy voice in the 
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I 
hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast 
naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I com- 
manded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? And the man 
said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she 



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gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God 
said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? 
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I 
did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Be- 
cause thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, 
and above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt 
thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and 
between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, 
and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he 
said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy concep- 
tion \ in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy 
desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over 
thee. And unto the man he said, Because thou hast 
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of 
the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt 
not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sor- 
row shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns 
also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee \ and thou 
shalt eat the herb of the field : in the sweat of thy face 
shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; 
for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto 
dust shalt thou return. 

— Genesis 3 : i-ig. 



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AND Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, 
which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. 
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this 
bondwoman and her son : for the son of this bondwoman 
shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the 
thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of 
his son. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be 
grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of 
thy bondwoman ; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, 
hearken unto her voice ; for in Isaac shall thy seed be 
called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I 
make a nation, because he is thy seed. And Abraham 
rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a 
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on 
her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away : and she 
departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the 
child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat 
her down over against him a good way off, as it were a 
bowshot : for she said, Let me not see the death of the 
child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her 
voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad ; 
and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and 
said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for 
God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, 
lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will 
make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, 
and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the 
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God 



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was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilder- 
ness, and became an archer. And he dwelt in the wil- 
derness of Paran. 

— Genesis 21 : g-21. 



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AND it came to pass after these things, that God 
did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- 
ham : and he said, Behold, here I am. And he 
said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom 
thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and 
offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the 
mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose 
up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took 
two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and 
clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and 
went unto the place of which God had told him. Then 
on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the 
place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, 
Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go 
yonder and worship, and come again to you. And 
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it 
upon Isaac his son ; and he took the fire in his hand, 
and a knife ; and they went both of them together. 
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My 
father : and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, 
Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for 
a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God 
will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering : so they 
went both of them together. And they came to the 
place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an 
altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac 
his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And 
Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to 
slay his son. And the Angel of the Lord called unto 



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him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and 
he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand 
upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for 
now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not 
withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. And Abra- 
ham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind 
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abra- 
ham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a 
burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham 
called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it is said 
to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be pro- 
vided. And the Angel of the Lord called unto Abraham 
out of heaven the second time, and said, By myself have 
I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this 
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I 
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as 
the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall 
possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all 
the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast 
obeyed my voice. 

— Genesis 22 ; 1-18. 



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AND he rose up that night, and took his two 
wives, and his two womenservants, and his 
eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and 
sent over that he had, and Jacob was left alone; and 
there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the 
day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against 
him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow 
of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with 
him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. 
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he 
said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no 
more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power 
with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob 
asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. 
And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my 
name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called 
the name of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face 
to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over 
Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his 
thigh. 

— Genesis 32 : 22-31. 



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THEN sang Moses and the children of Israel this 
song unto the Lord, and spake saying, I will 
sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed glori- 
ously : the horse and the rider hath he thrown into the 
sea. The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is 
become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare 
him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt 
him. The Lord is a man of war : the Lord is his name. 
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : 
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 
The depths have covered them : they sank into the bot- 
tom as a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord, is become 
glorious in power ; thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed 
in pieces the enemy. And the greatness of thine excel- 
lency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against 
thee : thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them 
as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters 
were gathered together : the floods stood upright as an 
heap, and the depths were congealed in the midst of the 
sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I 
will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon 
them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy 
them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, and the sea cov- 
ered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods ? who is 
like thee glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders ? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth 
swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the 
people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them 



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in thy strength to thy holy habitation. The people shall 
hear, and be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the in- 
habitants of Palestine. Then the dukes of Edom shall 
be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall 
take hold upon them : all the inhabitants of Canaan shall 
melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them : by 
the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone ; 
till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over 
which thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in, 
and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance, in the 
place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in ; 
in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have estab- 
lished. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. 

— Exodus 15 : i-z8. 



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THEN came Amalek, and fought with Israel in 
Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, 
Choose us out men, and go out, fight with 
Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill 
with the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as 
Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek : and 
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that 
Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand, Ama- 
lek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy ; and they 
took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; 
and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the 
one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands 
were steady until the going down of the sun. And 
Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge 
of the sword. 

— Exodus 17 : 8-1 j. 



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IN the third month, when the children of Israel were 
gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day 
came they into the wilderness of Sinai. For they 
were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the 
desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness ; and 
there Israel camped before the mount. And Moses went 
up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the 
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of 
Jacob, and tell the children of Israel ; Ye have seen what 
I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' 
wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if 
ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, 
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all 
people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto 
me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are 
the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of 
Israel. And God spake all these words, saying, I am the 
Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land 
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt 
have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make 
unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything 
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or 
that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow 
down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the 
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth gen- 
eration of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto 
thousands of them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 



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God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless 
that taketh his name in vain. Remember the sabbath 
day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do 
all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the 
Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy 
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates : for in six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the 
seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath 
day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy 
mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. 
Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. 
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt 
not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything 
that is thy neighbour's. 

— Exodus 19 : 1-6 ; 20 : i-ij '. 



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AND they journeyed from mount Hor by the way 
of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom : 
and the soul of the people was much discouraged 
because of the way. And the people spake against God, 
and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out 
of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, 
neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this vile 
bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the peo- 
ple, and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel 
died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, 
We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, 
and against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that he take away 
the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, 
and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that 
every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall 
live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it 
upon a pole ; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had 
bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he 
lived. 

— Numbers 21 : 4-g 



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ALL the commandments which I command thee 
this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, 
and multiply, and go in and possess the land 
which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt 
remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee 
these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and 
to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether 
thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he 
humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee 
with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy 
fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man 
doth not live by bread only, but by every word that pro- 
ceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy 
foot swell, these forty years. Thou shalt also consider in 
thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord 
thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the 
commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, 
and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee 
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains 
and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of 
wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pome- 
granates ; a land of oil olive, and honey ; a land wherein 
thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not 
lack anything in it ; a land whose stones are iron, and 
out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou 
hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy 
God for the good land which he hath given thee. Be- 



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ware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keep- 
ing his commandments, and his judgments, and his 
statutes, which I command thee this day. 

— Deuteronomy 8 : i-ii. 



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FOR this commandment which I command thee 
this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it 
far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest 
say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto 
us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond 
the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the 
sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and 
do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy 
mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. See, I 
have set before thee this day life and good, and death 
and evil ; in that I command thee this day to love the 
Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his com- 
mandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that 
thou mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God 
shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess 
it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not 
hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, 
and serve them ; I denounce unto you this day, that ye 
shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your 
days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to 
go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this 
day against you, that I have set before you life and death, 
the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that 
both thou and thy seed may live : that thou mayest love 
the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, 
and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, 
and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in 
the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abra- 
ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 

— Deuteronomy 30 : 11-20. 



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AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the 
man of God blessed the children of Israel be- 
fore his death. And he said, The Lord came 
from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them ; he shined 
forth from Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands 
of saints : from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 
Yea, he loved the people ; all his saints are in thy hand : 
and they sat down at thy feet ; every one shall receive of 
thy words. Moses commanded us a law, even the in- 
heritance of the congregation of Jacob. And he was 
king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the 
tribes of Israel were gathered together. Let Reuben 
live, and not die ; and let not his men be few. And this 
is the blessing of Judah : and he said, Hear, Lord, the 
voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people : let his 
hands be sufficient for him ; and be thou a help to him 
from his enemies. And of Levi he said, Let thy Thum- 
mim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou 
didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at 
the waters of Meribah ; who said unto his father and to 
his mother, I have not seen him ; neither did he acknowl- 
edge his brethren, nor knew his own children : for they 
have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. They 
shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law : they 
shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice 
upon thine altar. Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept 
the work of his hands : smite through the loins of them 
that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that 
they rise not again. And of Benjamin he said, The be- 



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loved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him ; and the 
Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall 
dwell between his shoulders. And of Joseph he said, 
Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things 
of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth 
beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the 
sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 
and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and 
for the precious things of the lasting hills, and for the 
precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for 
the good will of him that dwelt in the bush : let the bless- 
ing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of 
the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns 
are like the horns of unicorns : with them he shall push 
the people together to the ends of the earth : and they 
are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the 
thousands of Manasseh. And of Zebulun he said, Re- 
joice, Zebulun, in thy going out ; and, Issachar, in thy 
tents. They shall call the people unto the mountain ; 
there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : for they 
shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures 
hid in the sand. And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that 
enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm 
with the crown of the head. And he provided the first 
part for himself, because there, in a portion of the law- 
giver, was he seated ; and he came with the heads of the 
people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judg- 
ments with Israel. And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's 
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said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the 
blessing of the Lord : possess thou the west and South. 
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with chil- 
dren ; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him 
dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ', 
and as thy days so shall thy strength be. There is none 
like unto God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven 
in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. The 
eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the ever- 
lasting arms : and he shall thrust out the enemy from be- 
fore thee ; and shall say, Destroy them. Israel then shall 
dwell in safety alone ; the fountain of Jacob shall be 
upon a land of corn and wine ; also his heavens shall 
drop down dew. Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like 
unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy 
help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine 
enemies shall be found liars unto thee \ and thou shalt 
tread upon their high places. 

— Deuteronomy jj. 



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NOW after the death of Moses the servant of 
the Lord, it came to pass, that the Lord spake 
unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, 
saying, Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, 
go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the 
land which I do give to them, even to the children of 
Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread 
upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great 
river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, 
and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, 
shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to 
stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was with 
Moses, so I will be with thee : I will not fail thee, nor for- 
sake thee. Be strong and of a good courage : for unto 
this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, 
which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be 
thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest ob- 
serve to do according to all the law, which Moses my 
servant commanded thee : turn not from it to the right 
hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whitherso- 
ever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart 
out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein day 
and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all 
that is written therein : for then thou shalt make thy way 
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 
Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good 
courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed :for the 
Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 

— -Joshua 1 : i-p. 



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AND Samuel said unto the people, Fear not : ye 
have done all this wickedness: yet turn not 
aside from following the Lord, but serve the 
Lord with all your heart ; and turn ye not aside : for then 
should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor 
deliver ; for they are vain. For the Lord will not for- 
sake his people for his great name's sake : because it hath 
pleased the Lord to make you his people. Moreover as 
for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in 
ceasing to pray for you : but I will teach you the good 
and the right way : only fear the Lord, and serve him in 
truth with all your heart : for consider how great things 
he hath done for you. But if ye shall still do wickedly, 
ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. 

— i Samuel 12 : 20-25. 



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AND Nathan departed unto his house. And the 
Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare 
unto David, and it was very sick. David there- 
fore besought God for the child ; and David fasted, and 
went in, and lay all night upon the earth. And the 
elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him 
up from the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat 
bread with them. And it came to pass on the seventh 
day, that the child died. And the servants of David 
feared to tell him that the child was dead : for they said, 
Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, 
and he would not hearken unto our voice : how will he 
then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead ? 
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David 
perceived that the child was dead : therefore David said 
unto his servants, Is the child dead ? And they said, He 
is dead. Then David arose from the earth, and washed, 
and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came 
into the house of the Lord, and worshipped : then he 
came to his own house ; and when he required, they set 
bread before him, and he did eat. Then said his serv- 
ants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done ? 
thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive ; 
but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat 
bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I 
fasted and wept ; for I said, Who can tell whether God 
will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? But now 
he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him 
back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return 
to me. — 2 Samuel J 2 : 15-23. 



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FOR affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither 
doth trouble spring out of the ground ; but man 
is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. I 
would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my 
cause: which doeth great things and unsearchable; 
marvellous things without number : who giveth rain upon 
the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields : to set up 
on high those that be low ; that those which mourn may 
be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices of the 
crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enter- 
prise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : and 
the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They 
meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the 
noonday as in the night. But he saveth the poor from 
the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the 
mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth 
her mouth. Behold, happy is the man whom God cor- 
rected : therefore despise not thou the chastening of the 
Almighty: for he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he 
woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver 
thee in six troubles : yea, in seven there shall no evil 
touch thee. 

—Job 5 : 6-1 g. 



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FOR God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per- 
ceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the 
night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in 
slumberings upon the bed ; then he openeth the ears of 
men, and sealeth their instruction, that he may withdraw 
man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He 
keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from per- 
ishing by the sword. He is chastened also with pain 
upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong 
pain : so that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul 
dainty meat. His flesh is consumed away, that it can- 
not be seen ; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to 
the destroyers. If there be an angel with him, an inter- 
preter, one among a thousand, to show unto man what is 
right for him ; then he is gracious unto him, and saith, 
Deliver him from going down to the pit : I have found a 
ransom. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's : he 
shall return to the days of his youth : he shall pray unto 
God, and he shall be favourable unto him : and he shall 
see his face with joy : for he will restore unto man his 
righteousness. He singeth before men and saith, I have 
sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it was 
not requited unto me ; he hath delivered my soul from 
going into the pit, and my life shall see the light. Lo, 
all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, to 
bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with 
the light of the living. 

—Job 33 >' H-30. 



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HAPPY is the man that walketh not in the coun- 
sel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of 
sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
But his delight is in the law of -the Lord ; and in his law 
doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a 
tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth 
his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not wither ; 
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly 
are not so : but are like the chaff which the wind driveth 
away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the 
judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the right- 
eous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : 
but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 

— Psalm i. 



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LORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! 
many are they that rise up against me. Many 
there be which say of my soul, There is no help 
for him in God. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me ; 
my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cry unto 
the Lord with my voice, and he answereth me out of his 
holy hill. I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the 
Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands 
of people, that have set themselves against me round 
about. Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God : for thou 
hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone ; thou 
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongeth 
unto the Lord : thy blessing is upon thy people. 

— Psalm 3. 



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HEAR me when I call, God of my righteous- 
ness : thou hast set me at liberty when I was 
in distress ; have mercy upon me, and hear my 
prayer. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my 
glory into shame ? how long will ye love vanity, and seek 
after falsehood ? But know that the Lord hath set apart 
him that is godly for himself : the Lord will hear when I 
call unto him. Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with 
your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Offer 
the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the 
Lord. There be many that say, Who will shew us any 
good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance 
upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than 
in the time that their grain and their wine increased. I 
will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for thou, 
Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

— Psalm 4. 



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OLORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither 
chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy 
upon me, O Lord ; for I am weak : O Lord, 
heal me ; for my bones are troubled. My soul is also sore 
troubled : but thou, O Lord, how long ? Return, O Lord, 
deliver my soul : oh save me for thy mercies' sake. For 
in death there is no remembrance of thee : in the grave 
who shall give thee thanks ? I am weary with my groan- 
ing ; every night make I my bed to swim ; I water my 
couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of 
grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. De- 
part from me, all ye workers of iniquity ; for the Lord 
hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath 
heard my supplication ; the Lord will receive my prayer. 
All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore troubled : 
they shall turn back and be ashamed suddenly. 

— Psalm 6. 



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OLORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in 
all the earth ! who hast set thy glory upon the 
heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
lings hast thou established strength because of thine ene- 
mies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, 
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; what 
is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of 
man, that thou visitest him ? For thou hast made him a 
little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with 
glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion 
over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things 
under his feet : all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts 
of the field ; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O 
Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the 
earth ! 

—Psalm 8. 



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HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for- 
ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from 
me ? how long shall I take counsel in my soul, 
having sorrow in my heart daily ? how long shall mine 
enemy be exalted over me ? Consider and hear me, O 
Lord my God : lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep 
of death ; lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against 
him ; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 
But I have trusted in thy mercy ; my heart shall rejoice 
in thy salvation. I will sing unto the Lord, because he 
hath dealt bountifully with me. 

— Psalm ij. 



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PRESERVE me, God : for in thee do I put my 
trust. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, 
Thou art my Lord : I have no good beyond 
thee ; as for the saints that are in the earth, they are the 
excellent, in whom is all my delight. Their sorrows 
shall be multiplied that hasten after another good : 
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up 
their names upon my lips. The Lord is the portion of 
mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. 
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I 
have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath 
given me counsel : my reins also instruct me in the night 
seasons. I have set the Lord always before me : because 
he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore 
my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also 
shall dwell in safety. For thou wilt not leave my soul in 
hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see cor- 
ruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy 
presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are 

pleasures forevermore. 

— Psalm 16. 



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HEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry ; 
give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of 
feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from 
thy presence ; let thine eyes behold equity. Thou hast 
proved mine heart ; thou hast visited me in the night ; 
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing : I am pur- 
posed that my mouth shall not transgress. Concerning 
the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept 
me from the paths of the destroyer. My steps have held 
fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped. I have called 
upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God : incline thine 
ear unto me, and hear my speech. Shew thy marvellous 
lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand 
them which put their trust in thee from those that rise 
up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye; 
hide me under the shadow of thy wings, from the wicked 
that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who com- 
pass me about. They are inclosed in their own fat: 
with their mouth they speak proudly. They have now 
compassed us in our steps : they have set their eyes to 
cast us down to the earth ; like as a lion that is greedy 
of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret 
places. Arise, O Lord, confront him, cast him down: 
deliver my soul from the wicked, by thy sword : from 
men, by thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, 
which have their portion in this life, and whose belly 
thou fillest with thy hid treasure : they are full of chil- 



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dren, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I 
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 

— Psalm if. 



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I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord 
is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; my 
God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; my buck- 
ler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I 
will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised : so 
shall I be saved from mine enemies. The cords of death 
compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me 
afraid. The cords of hell compassed me about : the 
snares of death came upon me. In my distress I called 
upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my 
voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even 
into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled ; the 
foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, be- 
cause he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his 
nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were 
kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came 
down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode 
upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the 
wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place ; 
his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick 
clouds of the skies. At the brightness that was before 
him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the High- 
est gave his voice ; hail stones and coals of fire. Yea, 
he sent out his arrows, and scattered them ; and he shot 
out lightnings, and discomfited them. Then the chan- 
nels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the 
world were laid bare at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast 
of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he 



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took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered 
me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated 
me : for they were too strong for me. They came upon 
me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my 
stay. He brought me forth also into a large place ; he 
delivered me, because he delighted in me. The Lord 
rewarded me according to my righteousness; according 
to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not 
wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments 
were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from 
me. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself 
from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recom- 
pensed me according to my righteousness, according to 
the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the 
merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; with an upright 
man thou wilt shew thyself upright ; with the pure thou 
wilt shew thyself pure ; and with the perverse thou wilt 
shew thyself perverse. For thou wilt save the afflicted 
people ; but wilt bring down high looks. For thou wilt 
light my candle : the Lord my God will enlighten my 
darkness. For by thee I run upon a troop ; and by my 
God I do leap over a wall. As for God, his way is 
perfect : the word of the Lord is tried : he is a buckler 
to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the 
Lord ? or who is a rock save our God ? It is God that 
girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He 
maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my 
high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow 
of steel is broken by mine arms. Thou hast also given 



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me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath 
holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did 
not slip. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken 
them : neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise : 
they are fallen under my feet. For thou hast girded me 
with strength unto the battle : thou hast subdued under 
me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also made 
mine enemies turn their backs unto me ; that I might 
destroy them that hate me. They cried, but there was 
none to save them : even unto the Lord, but he answered 
them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust be- 
fore the wind : I did cast them out as the dirt in the 
streets. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of 
the people ; and thou hast made me the head of the 
heathen : a people whom I have not known shall serve 
me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me : 
the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. The 
strangers shall fade away, and come trembling out of 
their close places. The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my 
rock ; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is 
God that avengeth me, and subdueth peoples under me. 
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea thou liftest 
me up above those that rise against me : thou deliverest 
me from the violent man. Therefore will I give thanks 
unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises 
unto thy name. Great deliverance giveth he to his king ; 
and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David, 
and to his seed forevermore. — Psalm 18. 



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"^HE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the 
name of the God of Jacob defend thee; send 
thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen 
thee out of Zion ; remember all thy offerings, and accept 
thy burnt sacrifice; grant thee thy heart's desire, and 
fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, 
and in the name of our God we will set up our banners : 
the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. Now know I that the 
Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his 
holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will 
remember the name of the Lord our God. They are 
brought down and fallen : but we are risen, and stand 
upright. O Lord, save the king ; and hear us when we 
call. 

— Psalm 20. 



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THE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : 
he leadeth me beside the still waters. He re- 
storeth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteous- 
ness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through 
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for 
thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort 
me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of 
mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil ; my cup 
runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow 
me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house 
of the Lord forever. 

— Psalm 2j. 



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THE Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom 
shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my 
life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the 
wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me 
to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a 
host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear : 
though war should rise against me, even then will I be 
confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that 
will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the 
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the 
Lord, and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of 
trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion : in the secret 
place of his dwelling shall he hide me ; he shall set me 
up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up 
above mine enemies round about me : therefore will I 
offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy ; I will sing, yea, 
I will sing praises unto the Lord. Hear, O Lord, when 
I cry with my voice : have mercy also upon me, and an- 
swer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my 
heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Hide 
not thy face far from me ; put not thy servant away in 
anger : thou hast been my help ; leave me not, neither 
forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father 
and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me 
up. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain 
path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over 
unto the will of mine enemies : for false witnesses are 
risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I 
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the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord : 
be strong, and let thine heart take courage : wait, I say, 
on the Lord. 

— Psalm 27. 



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UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be not 
silent to me : lest, if thou be silent to me, I be- 
come like them that go down into the pit. 
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, 
when I lift up my hands toward thy holy sanctuary. 
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers 
of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but 
mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their 
deeds, and according to the wickedness of their doings : 
give them after the work of their hands ; render to them 
their desert. Because they regard not the works of the 
Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall break them 
down, and not build them up. Blessed be the Lord, be- 
cause he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The 
Lord is my strength and my shield ; my heart trusted in 
him, and I am helped : therefore my heart greatly re- 
joiceth ; and with my song will I praise him. The Lord 
is their strength, and he is a stronghold of salvation to 
his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inherit- 
ance : feed them also, and bear them up forever. 

— Psalm 28. 



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I WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast lifted me 
up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast 
healed me. O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from 
the grave : thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go 
down to the pit. Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, 
and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger en- 
dureth but a moment ; in his favour is life : weeping may 
tarry for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And 
in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. Lord, 
by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand 
strong : thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. I 
cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I made sup- 
plication. What profit is there in my blood, when I go 
down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it 
declare thy truth ? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon 
me: Lord, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned for 
me my mourning into dancing : thou hast put off my sack- 
cloth, and girded me with gladness ; to the end that my 
glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord 
my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever. 

— Psalm jo. 



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IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me never be 
ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow 
down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : be thou 
my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. For 
thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy 
name's sake lead me, and guide me. Pull me out of the 
net that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my 
stronghold. Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou 
hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. I have hated 
them that regard lying vanities : but I trust in the Lord. 
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast 
considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soul in ad- 
versities ; and hast not shut me up into the hand of the 
enemy : thou hast set my feet in a large room. Have 
mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble : mine eye 
is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my body. For 
my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing : 
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my 
bones are consumed. I was a reproach because of all 
mine enemies, yea exceedingly among my neighbours, 
and a fear to mine acquaintance : they that did see me 
without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man 
out of mind : I am like a broken vessel. For I have 
heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: 
while they took counsel together against me, they devised 
to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O Lord : I 
said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand : de- 
liver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them 
that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy 



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servant : save me for thy mercies' sake. Let me not be 
ashamed, O Lord ; for I have called upon thee : let the 
wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 
Let the lying lips be put to silence ; which speak grievous 
things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. 
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up 
for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for 
them that trust in thee before the sons of men ! Thou 
shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the 
plottings of man : thou shalt keep them secretly in a 
pavilion from the strife of tongues. Blessed be the Lord : 
for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong 
city. For I said in my alarm, I am cut off from before 
thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my 
supplications when I cried unto thee. O love the Lord, 
all ye his saints : for the Lord preserveth the faithful, 
and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be strong, 
and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in the 
Lord. 

— Psalm 31. 



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I WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise shall 
continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make 
her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, 
and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us 
exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he 
heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They 
looked unto him, and were lightened : and their faces 
were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord 
heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The 
angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear 
him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the Lord 
is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear 
the Lord, ye his saints : for there is no want to them that 
fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : 
but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good 
thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will 
teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that 
desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see 
good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek 
peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the 
righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The 
face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off 
the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous 
cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of 
all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are 
of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite 
spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but 
the Lord delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all 



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his bones : not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay 
the wicked : and they that hate the righteous shall be 
condemned. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his serv- 
ants : and none of them that trust in him shall be con- 
demned. 

— Psalm 34.. 



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OLORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath : neither 
chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine 
arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth 
me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of 
thine anger ; neither is there any rest in my bones be- 
cause of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine 
head : as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My 
wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 
I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go mourn- 
ing all the day long. For my loins are filled with a 
loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh. 
I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason 
of the disquietness of my heart. Lord, all my desire is 
before thee ; and my groaning is not hid from thee. My 
heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for the light 
of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and 
my friends stand aloof from my stroke ; and my kinsmen 
stand afar off. They also that seek after my life lay 
snares for me ; and they that seek my hurt speak mis- 
chievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 
But I, as a deaf man, heard not ; and I was as a dumb 
man that openeth not his mouth. Thus I was as a man 
that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments. 
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope : thou wilt answer, O 
Lord my God. For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they 
should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they 
magnify themselves against me. For I am ready to fall, 
and my sorrow is continually before me. For I will de- 
clare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin. But 



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mine enemies are lively, and they are strong : and they 
that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. They also that 
render evil for good are mine adversaries ; because I fol- 
low the thing that good is. Forsake me not, O Lord : O 
my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, 
O Lord my salvation. 

— Psalm 38. 



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I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not 
with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a 
bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb 
with silence, I held my peace, even from good ; and my 
sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within me; 
while I was musing the fire kindled ; then spake I with 
my tongue, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the 
measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how 
frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand- 
breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily 
every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Surely 
every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are dis- 
quieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not 
who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what wait I 
for ? my hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my trans- 
gressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. I 
was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst 
it. Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed 
by the blow of thine hand. When thou with rebukes 
dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to 
consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity. 
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; 
hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am a stranger with 
thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare 
me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and 
be no more. 

— Psalm 39. 



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AS the heart panteth after the water brooks, so 
panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul 
thirsteth for God, for the living God : when 
shall I come and appear before God ? My tears have been 
my food day and night, while they continually say unto 
me, Where is thy God ? These things I remember, and 
pour out my soul in me, how I went with the multitude, 
I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of 
joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 
Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou 
disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet 
praise him who is the health of my countenance. O my 
God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I 
remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the 
Hermons, from the hill Mizar. Deep calleth unto deep 
at the noise of thy waterspouts : all thy waves and thy 
billows are gone over me. Yet the Lord will command 
his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his 
song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of 
my life. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou 
forgotten me ? why go I mourning because of the oppres- 
sion of the enemy ? As with a sword in my bones, mine 
enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, 
Where is thy God? Why art thou cast down, O my 
soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope 
thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health 
of my countenance, and my God. 

— Psalm 42. 



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JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an 
ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful 
and unjust man. For thou art the God of my 
strength : why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourn- 
ing because of the oppression of the enemy ? O send 
out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me; let them 
bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my ex- 
ceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O 
God my God. Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? 
and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope in God : 
for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my 
countenance, and my God. 

— Psalm 43. 



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GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present 
help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, 
though the earth be removed, and though the 
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though 
the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the 
mountains shake with the swelling thereof. There is a 
river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of 
God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 
God is in the midst of her ; she shall not be moved : 
God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen 
raged, the kingdoms were moved : he uttered his voice, 
the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God 
of Jacob is our refuge. Come, behold the works of the 
Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He 
maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he 
breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he 
burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that 
I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, I will 
be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
the God of Jacob is our refuge. 

— Psalm 46. 



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BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto 
me : for my soul taketh refuge in thee : yea, in 
the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, 
until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God 
most high ; unto God that performeth all things for me. 
He shall send from heaven, and. save me from the 
reproach of him that would swallow me up. God 
shall send forth his mercy and his truth. My soul is 
among lions : and I lie even among them that are set on 
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and 
arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Be thou 
exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be 
above all the earth. They have prepared a net for my 
steps ; my soul is bowed down : they have digged a pit 
before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen them- 
selves. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I 
will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory ; awake, 
psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will 
praise thee, O Lord, among the peoples : I will sing unto 
thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto 
the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou 
exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be 
above all the earth. 

— Psalm 57. 



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HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth 
for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my 
flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow 
hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, 
where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord 
of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are they that 
dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. 
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose 
heart are the high ways of Zion. Who passing through 
the valley of Baca make it a well ; the rain also filleth the 
pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of 
them in Zion appeareth before God. O Lord God of 
hosts, hear my prayer : give ear, O God of Jacob. Be- 
hold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine 
anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thou- 
sand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the 
Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord will give grace 
and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them 
that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man 
that trusteth in thee. 

— Psalm 84. 



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OLORD God of my salvation, I have cried day 
and night before thee : let my prayer come be- 
fore thee : incline thine ear unto my cry ; for 
my soul is full of troubles : and my life draweth nigh 
unto the grave. I am counted with them that go down 
into the pit : I am as a man that hath no help : cast away 
among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, 
whom thou rememberest no more : and they are cut off 
from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in 
darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, 
and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Thou 
hast put away mine acquaintance far from me ; thou hast 
made me an abomination unto them : I am shut up, and 
I cannot come forth. Mine eye wasteth away by reason 
of affliction : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have 
stretched out my hands unto thee. Wilt thou shew won- 
ders to the dead ? shall the dead arise and praise thee ? 
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or 
thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be 
known in the dark ? and thy righteousness in the land of 
forgetfulness ? But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and 
in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. Lord, 
why castest thou off my soul ? why hidest thou thy face 
from me? I am afflicted and ready to die from my 
youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me ; thy terrors have cut me 
off. They came round about me like water all the day 
long; they compass me about together. Lover and 
friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance 
into darkness. — Psalm 88. 



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LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all 
generations. Before the mountains were brought 
forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and 
the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art 
God. Thou turnest man to dust; and sayest, Return, 
ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight 
are but as yesterday when it passeth, and as a watch in 
the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; 
they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass 
which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and 
groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and with- 
ereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy 
wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities be- 
fore thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we bring 
our years to an end as a sigh. The days of our years are 
threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength 
they be fourscore years, yet is their pride but labour and 
sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who 
knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath ac- 
cording unto the fear that is due unto thee ? So teach us 
to number our days, that we may get us an heart of wis- 
dom. Return, O Lord, how long ? and let it repent thee 
concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy 
mercy ; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast 
afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory 
unto their children. And let the favour of the Lord our 



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God be upon us : and establish thou the work of our 
hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish 
thou it. 

— Psalm go. 



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HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
High shall abide under the shadow of the Al- 
mighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my 
refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, 
and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee 
with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou take 
refuge : his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou 
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the 
arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that walk- 
eth in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at 
noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten 
thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh 
thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the 
reward of the wicked. Because thou hast said, The Lord 
is my refuge ; thou hast made the Most High thy habi- 
tation ; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any 
plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his 
angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy 
foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and 
adder : the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample 
under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, 
therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, be- 
cause he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, 
and I will answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I 
will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I 
satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. 

— Psalm gi. 



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HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come 
unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the 
day when I am in trouble ; incline thine ear 
unto me : in the day when I call answer me speedily. 
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones 
are burned as a fire brand. My heart is smitten, and 
withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave 
to my flesh. I am like a pelican of the wilderness : I 
am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a 
sparrow alone upon the housetop. Mine enemies re- 
proach me all the day ; and they that are mad against 
me do curse by me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, 
and mingled my drink with weeping, because of thine 
indignation and thy wrath : for thou hast taken me up, 
and cast me away. My days are like a shadow that de- 
clineth; and I am withered like grass. But thou, O 
Lord, shalt endure forever; and thy remembrance unto 
all generations. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon 
Zion : for the time to have pity upon her, yea, the set 
time, is come. 

— Psalm 102. 



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PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of 
the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed 
be the name of the Lord from this time forth and 
forevermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going 
down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised. The 
Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the 
heavens. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who 
dwelleth on high, who humbleth himself to behold the 
things that are in heaven, and in the earth ! He raiseth 
up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of 
the dunghill; that he may set him with princes, even 
with the princes of his people. He maketh the barren 
woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of chil- 
dren. Praise ye the Lord. 

— Psalm iij. 



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I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice 
and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his 
ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long 
as I live. The cords of death compassed me, and the 
pains of the grave gat hold upon me : I found trouble 
and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; 

Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is 
the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 
The Lord preserveth the simple : I was brought low, and 
he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul ; for 
the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou 
hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, 
and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in 
the land of the living. I believed, therefore I will speak : 

1 was greatly afflicted : I said in my haste, All men are 
liars. What shall I render unto the Lord for all his 
benefits toward me ? I will take the cup of salvation, and 
call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows 
unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. 
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his 
saints. O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy 
servant, and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed 
my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. I will 
pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all 
his people, in the courts of the Lord's house, in the 
midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 

— Psalm 116. 



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I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence 
shall my help come? My help cometh from the 
Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not 
suffer thy foot to be moved : he that keepeth thee will 
not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither 
slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord 
is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not 
smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord 
shall preserve thee from all evil : he shall preserve thy 
soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. 

— Psalm 121. 



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IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
now may Israel say; if it had not been the Lord 
who was on our side, when men rose up against us : 
then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath 
was kindled against us : then the waters had overwhelmed 
us, the stream had gone over our soul : then the proud 
waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the Lord, 
who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our 
soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers : 
the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in 
the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 

— Psalm 124.. 



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EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in 
vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, 
the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for 
you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of 
toil : for so he giveth unto his beloved in sleep. Lo, 
children are a heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the 
womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a 
mighty man ; so are the children of youth. Happy is 
the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not 
be ashamed, when they speak with the enemies in the 
gate. 

— Psalm 127. 



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OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O 
Lord. Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be 
attentive to the voice of my supplications. If 
thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who 
shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that 
thou mayest be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul 
doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth 
for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning : 
I say, more than watchmen for the morning. Let Israel 
hope in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and 
with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem 
Israel from all his iniquities. 

—Psalm, ijo. 



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OLORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine upris- 
ing; thou understandest my thought afar off. 
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art 
acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in 
my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine 
hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I 
go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy pres- 
ence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I 
make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take 
the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts 
of the sea ; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy 
right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness 
shall cover me ; even the night shall be light about me. 
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night 
shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both 
alike to thee. For thou hast formed my reins : thou hast 
covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee ; 
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are 
thy works ; and that my soul knoweth right well. My 
frame was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, 
and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect ; 
and in thy book they were all written, even the days 
that were ordained, when as yet there was none of 
them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, 
O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should 



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count them, they are more in number than the sand: 
when I awake, I am still with thee. Surely thou wilt slay 
the wicked, O God : depart from me therefore, ye blood- 
thirsty men. For they rebel against thee wickedly, and 
thine enemies lift themselves up against thee for vanity. 
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee ? and am not 
I grieved with those that rise up against thee ? I hate 
them with perfect hatred : I count them mine enemies. 
Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, and 
know my thoughts : and see if there be any wicked way 
in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 

— Psalm ijp. 



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I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice; with my 
voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 
I poured out my complaint before him ; I shewed 
before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed 
within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way 
wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. 
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no 
man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man 
cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord : I said, 
Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the 
living. Attend unto my cry ; for I am brought very low : 
deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger 
than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise 
thy name : the righteous shall compass me about ; for 
thou shalt deal bountifully with me. 

— Psalm 14.2. 



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HOW long, ye simple ones, will ye love sim- 
plicity? and the scorners delight in their scorn- 
ing, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at 
my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I 
will make known my words unto you. Because I have 
called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, 
and no man regarded ; but ye have set at nought all my 
counsel, and would none of my reproof : I also will laugh 
at your calamity ; I will mock when your fear cometh ; 
when your fear cometh as a storm, and your destruction 
cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish 
cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I 
will not answer ; they shall seek me diligently, but they 
shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and 
did not choose the fear of the Lord : they would none of 
my counsel : they despised all my reproof. Therefore 
shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled 
with their own devices. 

— Proverbs 1 : 22-31. 



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MY son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; 
neither be weary of his correction : for whom 
the Lord loveth he correcteth ; even as a father 
the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that 
findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding : 
for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise 
of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is 
more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst 
desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days 
is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and 
honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her 
paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay 
hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her. 
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by under- 
standing hath he established the heavens. By his knowl- 
edge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down 
the dew. My son, let not them depart from thine eyes : 
keep sound wisdom and discretion : so shall they be life 
unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Then shalt thou walk 
in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. When 
thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid : yea, thou shalt 
lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Be not afraid of 
sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, 
when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, 
and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 

—Proverbs 3 : 11-26. 



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HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth : for 
the Lord hath spoken ; I have nourished and 
brought up children, and they have rebelled 
against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his 
master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth 
not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with in- 
iquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters : 
they have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy 
One of Israel, they are gone away backward. Why 
should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and 
more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no 
soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and festering 
sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, 
neither mollified with ointment. 

— Isaiah 1 : 2-6. 



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HEAR the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom ; 
give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of 
Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of 
your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord : I am full of the 
burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I 
delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he 
goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath 
required this at your hand, to tread my courts ? Bring 
no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination unto 
me ; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assem- 
blies, — I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meet- 
ing. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my 
soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to 
bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will 
hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many 
prayers, I will not hear : your hands are full of blood. 
Wash ye, make you clean ; put away the evil of your 
doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; learn to 
do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the 
fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us 
reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as 
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; though they be 
red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

— Isaiah 1 : 10-18. 



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NOW will I sing to my well beloved a song of 
my beloved touching his vineyard. My well 
beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : 
and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, 
and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower 
in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : 
and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it 
brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, be- 
twixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done 
more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? where- 
fore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, 
brought it forth wild grapes ? And now I will tell you 
what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the 
hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up ; and break down 
the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down : and I will 
lay it waste : it shall not be pruned, nor digged ; but 
there shall come up briers and thorns : I will also com- 
mand the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the 
vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and 
the men of Judah the plant of his delight : and he looked 
for judgment, but behold oppression ; for righteousness, 
but behold a cry. 

— Isaiah j* : 7-7. 



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AND in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will 
praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, 
thine anger is turned away, and thou com- 
fortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, 
and not be afraid : for the Lord Jehovah is my strength 
and my song ; he also is become my salvation. There- 
fore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of sal- 
vation. And in that day ye shall say, Praise the Lord, 
call upon his name, declare his doings among the peo- 
ples, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing 
unto the Lord ; for he hath done excellent things : this is 
known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou in- 
habitant of Zion : for great is the Holy One of Israel in 
the midst of thee. 

— Isaiah 12 : 1-6. 



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IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of 
Judah ; We have a strong city ; salvation will God 
appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, 
that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may 
enter in. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose 
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 
Trust ye in the Lord forever : for in the Lord Jehovah 
is the rock of ages; for he bringeth down them that 
dwell on high ; the lofty city, he layeth it low ; he layeth 
it low, even to the ground ; he bringeth it even to the 
dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the 
poor, and the steps of the needy. The way of the just is 
uprightness : thou, most upright, dost level the path of 
the just. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, 
have we waited for thee ; the desire of our soul is to thy 
name, and to thy memorial. With my soul have I de- 
sired thee in the night ; yea, with my spirit within me 
will I seek thee early : for when thy judgments are in the 
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteous- 
ness. 

— Isaiah 26 : i-g. 



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AND your covenant with death shall be disan- 
nulled, and your agreement with hell shall not 
stand ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass 
through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. From 
the time that it goeth forth it shall take you : for morning 
by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night : and 
it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. For 
the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on 
it : and the covering narrower than that he can wrap 
himself in it. For the Lord shall rise up as in mount 
Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, 
that he may do his work, his strange work ; and bring to 
pass his act, his strange act. 

— Isaiah 30 : 18-21. 



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BEHOLD, a King shall reign in righteousness, and 
princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall 
be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert 
from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the 
shadow of a great rock in a weary land. And the eyes of 
them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that 
hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash shall un- 
derstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers 
shall be ready to speak plainly. 

— Isaiah 32 : 1-4. 



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THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be 
glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice, and 
blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abun- 
dantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing : the glory 
of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of 
Carmel and Sharon ; they shall see the glory of the Lord, 
and the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the weak 
hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that 
are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, your 
God will come with vengeance, even God with a recom- 
pense ; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of 
the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall 
be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, 
and the tongue of the dumb sing : for in the wilderness 
shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And 
the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty 
land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons, 
where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall 
be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not 
pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring 
men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall 
be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it 
shall not be found there ; but the redeemed shall walk 
there : and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and 
come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their 
heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow 
and sighing shall flee away. 

— Isaiah jj. 



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IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And 
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, 
and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine 
house in order : for thou shalt die, and not live. Then 
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed 
unto the Lord, and said, Remember now, O Lord, I 
beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and 
with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good 
in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the 
word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to 
Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy 
father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : 
behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. And I 
will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the 
king of Assyria : and I will defend this city. And this 
shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord 
will do this thing that he hath spoken ; behold, I will 
bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone 
down on the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. 
So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was 
gone down. The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, 
when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sick- 
ness : I said in the noontide of my days, I shall go to the 
gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my 
years. I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, 
in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more 
with the inhabitants of the world. Mine age is departed, 
and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent : I have 
rolled up like a weaver my life : he will cut me off from 



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the loom : from day even to night wilt thou make an end 
of me. I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so 
will he break all my bones : from day even to night wilt 
thou make an end of me. Like a crane or a swallow, so 
did I chatter : I did mourn as a dove : mine eyes fail 
with looking upward : O Lord, I am oppressed ; under- 
take for me. What shall I say? he hath both spoken 
unto me, and himself hath done it : I shall go softly all 
my years in the bitterness of my soul. O Lord, by these 
things men live, and in all these things is the life of my 
spirit : so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness ; but thou hast 
in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : 
for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. For the 
grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee : 
they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this 
day: the father to the children shall make known thy 
truth. The Lord was ready to save me : therefore we 
will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days 
of our life in the house of the Lord. 

— Isaiah 38 : 1-20. 



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COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your 
God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and 
cry unto her, that her time of service is accom- 
plished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath re- 
ceived of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The 
voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway 
for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every 
mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked 
shall be made straight, and the rough places plain : and 
the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall 
see it together : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken 
it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I 
cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is 
as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth ; because the breath of the Lord bloweth upon it : 
surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the, 
flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for- 
ever. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee 
up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tid- 
ings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength ; lift it 
up, be not afraid ; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold 
your God ! Behold, the Lord God will come with strong 
hand, and his arm shall rule for him : behold, his reward 
is with him, and his recompenses before him. He shall 
feed his flock like a shepherd : he shall gather the lambs 
with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall 
gently lead those that are with young. 

— Isaiah 40 : 1-11. 



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TO whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be 
equal ? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes 
on high, and behold who hath created these 
things, that bringeth out their host by number: he 
calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, 
for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth. Why 
sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is 
hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from 
my God ? Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, 
that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the 
ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is 
no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to 
the faint ; and to them that have no might he increaseth 
strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and 
the young men shall utterly fall : but they that wait for 
the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up 
with wings as eagles ; they shall run, and not be weary ; 
and they shall walk, and not faint. 

— Isaiah 40 : 25-31. 



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FEAR thou not ; for I am with thee : be not dis- 
mayed ; for I am thy God : I will strengthen 
thee \ yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold 
thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Be- 
hold, all they that were incensed against thee shall 
be ashamed and confounded : they shall be as noth- 
ing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them 
that contended with thee : they that war against thee 
shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the 
Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, 
Fear not ; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, 
and ye men of Israel ; I will help thee, saith the Lord, 
and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 

— Isaiah 41 : 10-14. 



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WHEN the poor and needy seek water, and 
there is none, and their tongue faileth for 
thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God 
of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in 
high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I 
will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry 
land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the 
cedar, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree ; 
I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the 
box tree together: that they may see, and know, and 
consider, and understand together, that the hand of the 
Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath 
created it. 

— Isaiah 41 : iy-20. 



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BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine 
elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put 
my Spirit upon him : he shall bring forth judg- 
ment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor 
cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed 
shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not 
quench : he shall bring forth judgment in truth. He 
shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judg- 
ment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law. 
Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, 
and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, 
and that which cometh out of it ; he that giveth breath 
unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk 
therein : I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, 
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give 
thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gen- 
tiles ; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners 
from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the 
prison house. I am the Lord j that is my name : and 
my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to 
graven images. 

-—Isaiah 42 : 1-8. 



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REMEMBER these things, O Jacob and Israel; 
for thou art my servant : I have formed thee ; 
thou art my servant : O Israel, thou shalt not be 
forgotten of me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, 
thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto 
me; for I have redeemed thee. Sing, O ye heavens; 
for the Lord hath done it : shout, ye lower parts of the 
earth : break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, 
and every tree therein : for the Lord hath redeemed 
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. 

— Isaiah 44 : 21-23, 



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HOW beautiful upon the mountains are the feet 
of him that bringeth good tidings, that pub- 
lished peace; that bringeth good tidings of 
good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, 
Thy God reigneth ! Thy watchmen shall lift up the 
voice ; with the voice together shall they sing : for they 
shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again 
Zion. Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste 
places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his 
people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord hath 
made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations ; 
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of 
our God. Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, 
touch no unclean thing ; go ye out of the midst of her ; 
be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. For ye 
shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the 
Lord will go before you ; and the God of Israel will be 
your reward. 

—Isaiah 52 : 7-12. 



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BEHOLD, my servant shall prosper, he shall be 
exalted and extolled, and be very high. As 
many were astonished at thee ; his visage was so 
marred more than any man, and his form more than the 
sons of men : so shall he startle many nations ; the 
kings shall shut their mouths at him : for that which had 
not been told them shall they see; and that which they 
had not heard shall they consider. Who hath believed 
that which we have heard ? and to whom is the arm of 
the Lord revealed ? For he shall grow up before him as 
a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he 
hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see 
him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He 
is despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, and 
acquainted with grief : and we hid as it were our faces 
from him ; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows : 
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and af- 
flicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he 
was bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our 
peace was upon him ; and with his stripes we are healed. 
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned 
every one to his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on 
him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, yet he 
humbled himself and opened not his mouth : he is 
brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep be- 
fore her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as 
for his generation, who among them considered that he 



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was cut off out of the land of the living ? for the trans- 
gression of my people was he stricken. And they made 
his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his 
death; although he had done no violence, neither was 
any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to 
bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when his soul 
shall make an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he 
shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall 
prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his 
soul, and shall be satisfied : by the knowledge of himself 
shall my righteous servant justify many ; for he shall bear 
their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion 
with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the 
strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : 
and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he 
bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the 
transgressors. 

— Isaiah 52 ; 13-53 : ~ 12 * 



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HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 
waters, and he that hath no money ; come ye, 
buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk 
without money and without price. Wherefore do ye 
spend money for that which is not bread ? and your 
labour for that which satisfieth not ? hearken diligently 
unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your 
soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come 
unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will 
make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure 
mercies of David. Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near : let the wicked 
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts : 
and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have 
mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither 
are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the 
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher 
than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, 
and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and 
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to 
the sower, and bread to the eater : so shall my word be 
that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return 
unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, 
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For 
ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace : 
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you 
into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their 



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hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, 
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : 
and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting 
sign that shall not be cut off. 

—Isaiah jrj ; i-j, 6-13. 



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FOR thus saith the high and lofty One that inhab- 
ited eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the 
high and holy place, with him also that is of a 
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the 
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always 
wroth : for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls 
which I have made. For the iniquity of his covetous- 
ness was I wroth, and smote him : I hid me, and was 
wroth, and he went on backsliding in the way of his 
heart. I have seen his ways, and will heal him : I will 
lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his 
mourners. I create the fruit of the lips ; peace, peace to 
him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the 
Lord ; and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the 
troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up 
mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the 
wicked. 

— Isaiah 37 : 15-21. 



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ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the 
glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, be- 
hold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and 
gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon 
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the 
Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the bright- 
ness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and 
see: all they gather themselves together, they come to 
thee : thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters 
shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and 
flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; 
because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto 
thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. 
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the drome- 
daries of Midian and Ephah ; all they from Sheba shall 
come : they shall bring gold and incense ; and they shall 
shew forth the praises of the Lord. All the flocks of 
Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of 
Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up 
with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the 
house of my glory. Who are these that fly as a cloud, 
and as the doves to their windows? Surely the isles 
shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to 
bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with 
them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the 
Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. And 
the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their 
kings shall minister unto thee : for in my wrath I smote 
thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. There- 



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fore thy gates shall be open continually ; they shall not 
be shut day nor night ; that men may bring unto thee 
the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be 
brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not 
serve thee shall perish ; yea, those nations shall be utterly 
wasted. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the 
fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify 
the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of 
my feet glorious. The sons also of them that afflicted 
thee shall come bending unto thee: and all they that 
despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of 
thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, 
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou 
hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went 
through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a 
joy of many generations. Thou shalt also suck the milk 
of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings : and 
thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy 
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. For brass I will 
bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood 
brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers 
peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall 
no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction 
within thy borders ; but thou shalt call thy walls Salva- 
tion, and thy gates Praise. The sun shall be no more 
thy light by day ; neither for brightness shall the moon 
give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an 
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall 
no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw 
itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and 



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the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people 
also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for- 
ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, 
that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a 
thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord 
will hasten it in his time. 

— Isaiah 60. 



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AND thou hast removed my soul far off from 
peace : I forgat prosperity. And I said, My 
strength and my hope is perished from the Lord : 
remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood 
and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, 
and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore 
have I hope. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not 
consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are 
new every morning : great is thy faithfulness. The Lord 
is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in 
him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to 
the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should 
both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 

— Lamentations j ; 17-2?. 



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FOR the Lord will not cast off forever : but though 
he cause grief, yet will he have compassion ac- 
cording to the multitude of his mercies. For he 
doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 
Waters flowed over mine head ; then I said, I am cut 
off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low 
dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice : hide not thine ear 
at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the 
day that I called upon thee : thou saidst, Fear not. O 
Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou 
hast redeemed my life. 

— Lamentations 3 : 31-33, 54-5$- 



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HAVE I any pleasure at all that the wicked 
should die ? saith the Lord God : and not that 
he should return from his ways, and live ? But 
when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the 
abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live ? 
All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be men- 
tioned : in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in 
his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. Yet 
ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, 
O house of Israel ; Is not my way equal ? are not your 
ways unequal? When a righteous man turneth away 
from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and 
dieth in them ; for his iniquity that he hath done shall 
he die. Again, when the wicked man turneth away 
from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth 
that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul 
alive. Because he considereth, and turneth away from 
all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall 
surely live, he shall not die. Yet saith the house of 
Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of 
Israel, are not my ways equal ? are not your ways un- 
equal ? Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, 
every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. 
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions ; 
so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you 
all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; 
and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why 



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will ye die, O house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure 
in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: 
wherefore turn yourselves and live ye. 

— Ezekiel 18 : 2J-J2. 



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ALSO, thou son of man, the children of thy 
people still are talking of thee by the walls and 
in the doors of the houses, and speak one to 
another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray 
you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from 
the Lord. And they come unto thee as the people 
cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they 
hear thy words, but they will not do them : for with 
their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth 
after their covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them 
as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, 
and can play well on an instrument : for they hear thy 
words, but they do them not. And when this cometh 
to pass (lo, it will come), then shall they know that a 
prophet hath been among them. 

—Ezekiel 33 : 30-33. 



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THEN will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness, and 
from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new 
heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you : and I will take away the stony heart out of 
your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I 
will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in 
my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do 
them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to 
your fathers ; and ye shall be my people, and I will be 
your God. I will also save you from all your unclean- 
nesses : and I will call for the grain, and will increase 
it, and lay no famine upon you. And I will multiply 
the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye 
shall receive no more reproach of famine among the 
heathen. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, 
and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe 
yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for 
your abominations. 

—Ezekiel 36 : 25-31. 



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THE hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried 
me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me 
down in the midst of the valley which was full 
of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about : 
and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; 
and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son 
of man, can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord 
God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy 
upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, 
hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God 
unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter 
into you, and ye shall live : and I will lay sinews upon 
you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you 
with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live ; and 
ye shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I 
was commanded : and as I prophesied, there was a noise, 
and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone 
to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the 
flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them 
above : but there was no breath in them. Then said he 
unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, 
and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God ; Come 
from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these 
slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he com- 
manded me, and the breath came into them, and they 
lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great 
army. Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones 
are the whole house of Israel : behold, they say, Our 
bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are clean 



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cut off. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God \ Behold, O my people, I will open 
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your 
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye 
shall know that 1 am the Lord, when I have opened your 
graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your 
graves, and shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall 
live, and I shall place you in your own land : then shall 
ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed 
it, saith the Lord. 

— Ezekiel 37 : 1-14. 



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SHADRACH, Meshach, and Abednego, answered 
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are 
not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be 
so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the 
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine 
hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O 
king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the 
golden image which thou hast set up. Then was Nebu- 
chadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was 
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego : 
therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat 
the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be 
heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that 
were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 
Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, 
and their turbans, and their other garments, and were 
cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. There- 
fore because the king's commandment was urgent, and 
the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those 
men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery 
furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, 
and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his coun- 
sellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst 
of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, 
True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four 
men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have 



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no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the 
gods. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth 
of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shad- 
rach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most 
high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the 
fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the 
king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, 
upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair 
of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, 
nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebu- 
chadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shad- 
rach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, 
and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have 
changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that 
they might not serve nor worship any god, except their 
own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, 
nation, and language, which speak anything amiss 
against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 
shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a 
dung-hill ; because there is no other God that can de- 
liver after this sort. Then the king promoted Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. 

— Daniel j ; 16-30, 



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AND I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by- 
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sack- 
cloth, and ashes. And I prayed unto the Lord 
my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the 
great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy 
to them that love him, and to them that keep his com- 
mandments ; we have sinned, and have committed in- 
iquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even 
by departing from thy precepts and from thy judg- 
ments : neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the 
prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our 
princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the 
land. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but 
unto us confusion of faces, as at this day ; to the men of 
Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all 
Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the 
countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their 
trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, 
to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our 
princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned 
against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and 
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him ; neither 
have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk 
in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the 
prophets. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even 
by departing, that they might not obey thy voice ; there- 
fore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is 
written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because 
we have sinned against him. And he hath confirmed his 



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words, which he spake against us, and against our judges 
that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil : for un- 
der the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been 
done upon Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of 
Moses, all this evil is come upon us : yet made we not 
our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn 
from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. There- 
fore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it 
upon us : for the Lord our God is righteous in all his 
works which he doeth : for we obeyed not his voice. 
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people 
forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and 
hast gotten thee renown, as at this day ; we have sinned, 
we have done wickedly. O Lord, according to all thy 
righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy 
fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy 
mountain : because for our sins, and for the iniquities of 
our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a re- 
proach to all that are about us. Now therefore, O our 
God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplica- 
tions, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that 
is desolate, for the Lord's sake. O my God, incline thine 
ear, and hear ; open thine eyes, and behold our desola- 
tions, and the city which is called by thy name : for we 
do not present our supplications before thee for our right- 
eousnesses, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear ; O 
Lord, forgive ; O Lord, hearken and do ; defer not, for 
thine own sake, O my God : for thy city and thy people 
are called by thy name. 

— Daniel p : J-ip. 



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HEAR ye now what the Lord saith ; Arise, con- 
tend thou before the mountains, and let the hills 
hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the 
Lord's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the 
earth : for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, 
and he will plead with Israel. O my people, what have 
I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? 
testify against me. For I brought thee up out of the land 
of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bond- 
age ; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab 
consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered 
him ; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal ; that ye may 
know the righteousness of the Lord. Wherewith shall I 
come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high 
God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with 
calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with 
thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? 
shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of 
my body for the sin of my soul ? He hath shewed thee, 
O man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require 
of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk 
humbly with thy God ? 

—Micah 6 : 1-8. 



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BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall 
prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom 
ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even 
the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in : be- 
hold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who 
may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand 
when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like 
fullers' soap : and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of 
silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge 
them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the 
Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offer- 
ing of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, 
as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I 
will come near to you to judgment ; and I will be a swift 
witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, 
and against false swearers, and against those that op- 
press the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the 
fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, 
and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. For I am 
the Lord, I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are 
not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye 
have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not 
kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, 
saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we 
return ? Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have robbed me. 
But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee ? In tithes 
and offerings. Your words have been stout against me, 
saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so 
much against thee ? Ye have said, It is vain to serve 



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God : and what profit is it that we have kept his ordi- 
nance, and that we have walked mournfully before the 
Lord of hosts ? And now we call the proud happy ; yea, 
they that work wickedness are set up ; yea, they that 
tempt God are even delivered. Then they that feared 
the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord 
hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance 
was written before him for them that feared the Lord, 
and that thought upon his name. And they shall be 
mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make 
up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth 
his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and 
discern between the righteous and the wicked, between 
him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. 

— Malachi 3 :i-8, 13-18. 



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AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a 
mountain : and when he was set, his disciples 
came unto him: and he opened his mouth, 
and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit : 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they 
that mourn : for they shall be comforted. Blessed are 
the meek : for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are 
they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for 
they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful : for they 
shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart : for 
they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers : for 
they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are 
they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for 
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when 
men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say 
all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Re- 
joice, and be exceeding glad : for great is your reward 
in heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which 
were before you. 

— Matthew 5 : 1-12. 



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THEREFORE I say unto you, Be not anxious 
for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put 
on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than 
raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, 
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your 
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better 
than they ? Which of you by being anxious can add one 
cubit unto the measure of his life? And why are ye 
anxious for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, 
how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin : 
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his 
glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if 
God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and 
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more 
clothe you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore, be not anxious 
saying, What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, 
Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? (For after all these 
things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father 
knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek 
ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness ; and 
all these things shall be added unto you. Be not there- 
fore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be 
anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil 
thereof. 

— Matthew 6 : 25-34. 



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AND straightway Jesus constrained his disciples 
to get into a boat, and to go before him unto 
the other side, while he sent the multitudes 
away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the 
evening was come, he was there alone. But the boat 
was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves : for 
the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the 
night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And 
when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they 
were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out 
for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, 
Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. And Peter 
answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come 
unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And 
when Peter was come down out of the boat, he walked 
on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind 
boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he 
cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus 
stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto 
him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ? 
And when they were come into the boat, the wind ceased. 
Then they that were in the boat came and worshipped 
him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 

— Matthew 14 : 22-33. 



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THEN Jesus went thence, and departed into the 
parts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a 
woman of Canaan came out of those borders, 
and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, 
thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed 
with a demon. But he answered her not a word. And 
his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her 
away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and 
said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house 
of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, 
Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not 
meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 
And she said, Truth, Lord : yet the dogs eat of the 
crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus 
answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith : 
be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was 
made whole from that very hour. 

— Matthew 15 : 21-28. 



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AND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and 
John his brother, and bringeth them up into a 
high mountain apart, and was transfigured be- 
fore them : and his face did shine as the sun, and his 
raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there ap- 
peared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. 
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is 
good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here 
three booths ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one 
for Elijah. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud 
overshadowed them : and behold a voice out of the 
cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I 
am well pleased ; hear ye him. And when the disciples 
heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 
And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and 
be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, 
they saw no man, save Jesus only. And as they came 
down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, 
Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen 
again from the dead. 

— Matthew 17 : 1-9. 



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THEN came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how 
oft shall my brother sin against me, and I for- 
give him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto 
him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times : but, Until 
seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of 
heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take 
account of his servants. And when he had begun 
to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him 
ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not 
to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, 
and children, and all that he had, and payment to be 
made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved 
with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the 
debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of 
his fellow servants, which owed him a hundred pence : 
and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, 
saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow servant 
fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have 
patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he 
would not : but went and cast him into prison, till he 
should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw 
what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told 
unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after 
that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked 
servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou be- 
soughtest me : shouldest not thou also have had com- 
passion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on 



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thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to 
the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto 
him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto 
you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his 
brother their trespasses. 

— Matthew 18 : 21-35. 



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THEN came to him the mother of Zebedee's 
children with her sons, worshipping him, and 
desiring a certain thing of him. And he said 
unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto him, Grant 
that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right 
hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But 
Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. 
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and 
to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? 
They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto 
them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized 
with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on 
my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but 
it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my 
Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved 
with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus 
called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes 
of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they that are great 
exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so 
among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let 
him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant : even as the Son of 
man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and 
to give his life a ransom for many. 

— Matthew 20 : 20-28. 



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AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again 
by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven 
is like unto a certain king, which made a mar- 
riage feast for his son, and sent forth his servants to call 
them that were bidden to the wedding : and they would 
not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, 
Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my 
dinner : my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all 
things are ready : come unto the marriage. But they 
made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, 
another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his 
servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth : and he 
sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and 
burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The 
wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not 
worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many 
as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants 
went out into the highways, and gathered together all 
as many as they found, both bad and good: and the 
wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king 
came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had 
not on a wedding garment : and he saith unto him, 
Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding 
garment ? And he was speechless. Then said the king 
to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him 
away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, 
but few are chosen. — Matthew 22 : 1-14. 



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THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and 
went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five 
of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that 
were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with 
them : but the wise took oil in their vessels with their 
lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slum- 
bered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, 
Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him. 
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil ; for 
our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, 
Not so ; lest there be not enough for us and you : but go 
ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And 
while they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; and they 
that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast : 
and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other 
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered 
and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch 
therefore ; for ye know neither the day nor the hour 
wherein the Son of man cometh. 

— Matthew 25 : i-ij. 



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WHEN the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall 
he sit upon the throne of his glory : and be- 
fore him shall be gathered all the nations : and he shall 
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth 
his sheep from the goats : and he shall set the sheep on 
his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the 
King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed 
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world : for I was a hungered, and 
ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : 
I was a stranger, and ye took me in : naked, and ye 
clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : I was in 
prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, 
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? when 
saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and 
clothed thee? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, 
and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and 
say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye 
have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, 
ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto 
them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into 
the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for 
I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and 
ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, 
and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they 
also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hun- 



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gered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in 
prison, and did not minister unto thee ? Then shall he 
answer them saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as 
ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to 
me. And these shall go away into eternal punishment : 
but the righteous into life eternal. 

— Matthew 25 : 31-46. 



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THEN cometh Jesus with them unto a place 
called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disci- 
ples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, 
and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith 
he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto 
death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went 
a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, 
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : 
nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he 
cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and 
saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one 
hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into tempta- 
tion : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 
He went away again the second time, and prayed, say- 
ing, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from 
me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came 
and found them asleep again : for their eyes were heavy. 
And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the 
third time, saying the same words. Then cometh he to 
his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and 
take your rest : behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son 
of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let 
us be going : behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 

— Matthew 26 : 36-46. 



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THEN released he Barabbas unto them: and 
when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him 
to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the gov- 
ernor took Jesus into the governor's house, and gathered 
unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped 
him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they 
had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, 
and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee 
before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the 
Jews ! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and 
smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked 
him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own 
raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And 
as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by 
name : him they compelled to bear his cross. And when 
they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to 
say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink 
mingled with gall : and when he had tasted thereof, he 
would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted 
his garments, casting lots : that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments 
among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 
And sitting down they watched him there ; and set up 
over his head his accusation written, This is Jesus the 
King of the Jews. Then were there two robbers crucified 
with him ; one on the right hand, and another on the left. 
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 
and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and build- 
est it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of 



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God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief 
priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 
He saved others ; himself he cannot save. If he be the 
King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, 
and we will believe him. He trusted in God ; let him 
deliver him now, if he will have him : for he said, I am 
the Son of God. The robbers also, which were crucified 
with him, cast the same in his teeth. 

— Matthew 27 : 26-44. 



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NOW from the sixth hour there was darkness 
over all the land unto the ninth hour. And 
about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? that is to say, 
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? Some 
of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This 
man calleth for Elijah. And straightway one of them 
ran. and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and 
put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, 
Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him. 
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded 
up his spirit. And, behold, the vail of the temple was 
rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth 
did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were 
opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and 
went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now 
when the centurion, and they that were with him, watch- 
ing Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were 
done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the 
Son of God. 

— Matthew 27 : 45-54. 



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AND again he entered into Capernaum after some 
days; and it was noised that he was in the 
house. And straightway many were gathered 
together, insomuch that there was no room to receive 
them, no, not so much as about the door : and he preached 
the word unto them. And they come unto him, bringing 
one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And 
when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, 
they uncovered the roof where he was : and when they 
had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick 
of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, he said 
unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and 
reasoning in their hearts, why doth this man thus speak 
blasphemies ? who can forgive sins but God only ? And 
immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they 
so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why 
reason ye these things in your hearts ? Whether is it 
easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven 
thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk ? 
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power 
on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), 
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy 
way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took 
up the bed, and went forth before them all ; insomuch 
that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We 
never saw it on this fashion. 

— Mark 2 : 1-12. 



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AND, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the 
synagogue, Jairus by name ; and when he saw 
him, he fell at his feet, and besought him greatly, 
saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death : I 
pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may 
be healed; and she shall live. And Jesus went with 
him ; and much people followed him, and thronged him. 
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve 
years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, 
and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, 
but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came 
in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she 
said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up ; 
and she felt in her body that she was healed of that 
plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that 
virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the 
press, and said, Who touched my clothes ? And his dis- 
ciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging 
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me ? And he looked 
round about to see her that had done this thing. But 
the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was 
done in her, came and fell down before him, and told 
him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy 
faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole 
of thy plague. While he yet spake, there came from the 
ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy 
daughter is dead ; why troublest thou the Master any 
further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was 



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spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not 
afraid, only believe. And he suffered no man to follow 
him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of 
James. And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the 
synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and 
wailed greatly. And when he was come in, he saith 
unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep ? the dam- 
sel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to 
scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the 
father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were 
with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, 
Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel (I 
say unto thee), arise. And straightway the damsel arose, 
and walked ; for she was of the age of twelve years. And 
they were astonished with a great astonishment. And he 
charged them straitly that no man should know it ; and 
commanded that something should be given her to eat. 

— Mark J : 22-4.3. 



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BUT of that day and that hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in 'heaven, neither 
the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch 
and pray : for ye know not when the time is. For the 
Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his 
house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every 
man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 
Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master 
of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the 
cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he 
find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto 
all, Watch. 

— Mark 13 : 32-37. 



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AND, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, 
whose name was Simeon; and the same man 
was just and devout, waiting for the consolation 
of Israel : and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was 
revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not 
see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he 
came by the Spirit into the temple : and when the parents 
brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom 
of the law, then took he him up in his arms, and blessed 
God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart 
in peace, according to thy word : for mine eyes have 
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the 
face of all people ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and 
the glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his 
mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of 
him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary 
his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and 
the rising of many in Israel ; and for a sign which shall 
be spoken against ; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy 
own soul also) ; that the thoughts of many hearts may be 
revealed. 

—Luke 2 : 25-35. 



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AND after these things he went forth, and saw a 
publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of 
toll : and he said unto him, Follow me. And 
he left all, rose up, and followed him. And Levi made 
him a great feast in his own house : and there was a 
great company of publicans and of others that sat down 
with them. But their scribes and Pharisees murmured 
against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink 
with publicans and sinners ? And Jesus answering said 
unto them, They that are whole need not a physician ; 
but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, 
but sinners to repentance. 

— Lukes • 2^-32, 



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AND one of the Pharisees desired him that he 
would eat with him. And he went into the 
Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And, 
behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when 
she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, 
brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and stood at 
his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet 
with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, 
and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, 
he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a 
prophet, would have known who and what manner of 
woman this is that toucheth him ; for she is a sinner. 
And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have some- 
what to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: 
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave 
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love 
him most ? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, 
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou 
hast rightly judged. And he turned to the woman, 
and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered 
into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : 
but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them 
with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss : 
but this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased 
to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : 
but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 



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Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, 
are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is 
forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, 
Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with 
him began to say within themselves, Who is this that for- 
giveth sins also ? And he said to the woman, Thy faith 
hath saved thee ; go in peace. 

— Luke 7 : 36-50. 



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NOW it came to pass, as they went, that he 
entered into a certain village : and a certain 
woman named Martha received him into her 
house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat 
at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was dis- 
tracted about much serving, and came to him, and said, 
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to 
serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And 
Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou 
art careful and troubled about many things : but one 
thing is needful ; and Mary hath chosen that good part, 
which shall not be taken away from her. 

— Luke 10 : 38-42. 



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AND he spake a parable unto them, saying, The 
ground of a certain rich man brought forth 
plentifully : and he thought within himself, say- 
ing, What shall I do, because I have no room where to 
bestow my fruits ? And he said, This will I do : I will 
pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I 
bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to 
my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many 
years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But 
God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall 
be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, 
which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And 
he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be 
not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat ; neither for 
the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than 
meat, and the body is more than raiment. Consider the 
ravens : for they neither sow nor reap ; which neither 
have storehouse nor barn ; and God feedeth them : how 
much more are ye better than the fowls ? And which of 
you by being anxious can add to the measure of his life 
one cubit ? If ye then be not able to do that thing which 
is least, why are ye anxious for the rest ? Consider the 
lilies how they grow : they toil not, they spin not ; and 
yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, 
which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into 
the oven ; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of 
little faith ? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what 



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ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all 
these things do the nations of the world seek after : and 
your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God ; and all these 
things shall be added unto you. 

— Luke 12 : 16-31. 



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FEAR not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye 
have, and give alms ; provide yourselves purses 
which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth 
not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning ; 
and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, 
when he will return from the wedding ; that, when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him imme- 
diately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when 
he cometh shall find watching : verily I say unto you, that 
he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, 
and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall 
come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, 
and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this 
know, that if the master of the house had known what 
hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and 
not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye 
therefore ready also : for the Son of man cometh at an 
hour when ye think not. 

— Luke J 2 ; 32-4.0. 



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HE spake also this parable ; A certain man had a 
fig tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came 
and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, 
these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and 
find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground ? 
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this 
year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : and if it 
bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shalt cut 
it down. 

— Luke jj : 6-9. 



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AND when one of them that sat at meat with him 
heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is 
he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great sup- 
per, and bade many : and sent his servant at supper time 
to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are 
now ready. And they all with one consent began to 
make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a 
piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray 
thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought 
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them : I pray thee 
have me excused. And another said, I have married a 
wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant 
came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master 
of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out 
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring 
in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the 
blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou 
hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord 
said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and 
hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may 
be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men 
which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 

— Luke 14 : 13-24. 



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THEN drew near unto him all the publicans 
and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees 
and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiv- 
eth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this 
parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having a 
hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the 
ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which 
is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he 
layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he 
cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neigh- 
bours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me ; for I have 
found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that 
likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that 
repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, 
which need no repentance. Either what woman having 
ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a 
candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she 
find it ? And when she hath found it, she calleth her 
friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with 
me ; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Like- 
wise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the 
angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 

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AND he said, A certain man had two sons : and 
the younger of them said to his father, Father, 
give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. 
And he divided unto them his living. And not many 
days after the younger son gathered all together, and 
took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his 
substance with riotous living. And when he had spent 
all, there arose a mighty famine in that land ; and he be- 
gan to be in want. And he went and joined himself to 
a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields 
to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly 
with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave 
unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How 
many hired servants of my father's have bread enough 
and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and 
go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more 
worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired 
servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But 
when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and 
had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed 
him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy 
to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, 
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a 
ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring hither 
the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and be merry : 
for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, 
and is found. And they began to be merry. 

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THERE was a certain rich man, which was 
clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared 
sumptuously every day : and there was a cer- 
tain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, 
full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs 
which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs 
came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that 
the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was 
buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor- 
ments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his 
bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip 
of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tor- 
mented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remem- 
ber that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, 
and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is com- 
forted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, be- 
tween us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they 
which would pass from hence to you cannot ; neither can 
they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he 
said, I pray thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest 
send him to my father's house : for I have five brethren ; 
that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into 
this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They 
have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And 
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them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto 
him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 

— Luke 16 : 19-31. 



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AND it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, 
that he passed through the midst of Samaria and 
Galilee. And as he entered into a certain vil- 
lage, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood 
afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, 
Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he 
said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. 
And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were 
cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was 
healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 
and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks : 
and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, 
Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? 
Were there none found that returned to give glory to God 
save this stranger ? And he said unto him, Arise, go thy 
way : thy faith hath made thee whole. 

— Luke 17 : 11-ig 



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AND when they were come to the place, which is 
called the place of the skull, there they crucified 
him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, 
and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, for- 
give them ; for they know not what they do. And they 
parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood 
beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, 
saying, He saved others ; let him save himself, if he be 
the Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also 
mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, 
and saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. 
And a superscription also was written over him in letters 
of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, This is the King of 
the Jews. And one of the malefactors which were 
hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be the Christ, save 
thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, 
saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the 
same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we re- 
ceive the due reward of our deeds : but this man hath 
done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, re- 
member me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And 
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt 
thou be with me in paradise. 

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AND as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in 
the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace 
be unto you. But they were terrified and af- 
frighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And 
he said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do 
thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and 
my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for 
a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. 
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands 
and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, 
and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any- 
thing to eat ? And they gave him a piece of a broiled 
fish, and of a honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat 
before them. And he said unto them, These are the 
words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, 
that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, 
concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, 
that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto 
them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved the Christ 
to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : and 
that repentance and remission of sins should be preached 
in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 

— Luke 24. .-36-47. 



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AND as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- 
ness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : 
that whosoever believeth in him should not per- 
ish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, 
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the 
world ; but that the world through him might be saved. 
He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that 
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not 
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the 
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his 
deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made mani- 
fest, that they are wrought in God. 

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AFTER this there was a feast of the Jews ; and 
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at 
Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is 
called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five 
porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, 
of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the 
water. For an angel went down at a certain season into 
the pool, and troubled the water : whosoever then first 
after the troubling of the water stepped in was made 
whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man 
was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now 
a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be 
made whole ? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I 
have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into 
the pool : but while I am coming, another steppeth down 
before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, 
and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, 
and took up his bed, and walked : and on the same day 
was the sabbath. 

— ; John 5 ; 1-9. 



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FOR as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quick- 
eneth them ; even so the Son quickeneth whom he 
will. For the father judgeth no man, but hath 
committed all judgment unto the Son : that all men 
should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. 
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the 
Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that 
sent me, hath eternal life, and shall not come into con- 
demnation ; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, 
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : 
and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath 
life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life 
in himself; and hath given him authority to execute 
judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel 
not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that 
are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come 
forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of 
life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection 
of damnation. 

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VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth 
on me hath eternal life. I am that bread of life. 
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, 
and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down 
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and 
not die. I am the living bread which came down 
from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live 
forever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which 
I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore 
strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give 
us his flesh to eat ? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son 
of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath 
eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. For 
my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth 
in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, 
and I live by the Father ; so he that eateth me, even he 
shall live by me. This is that bread which came down 
from heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are 
dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live forever. 

—John 6 : 47-58. 



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VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth 
not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth 
up some other way, the same is a thief and a 
robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the 
shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth ; and 
the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep 
by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth 
forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep 
follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger 
will they not follow, but will flee from him ; for they 
know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake 
Jesus unto them ; but they understood not what things 
they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus 
unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the 
door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers : but the sheep did not hear them. I 
am the door : by me if any man enter in, he shall be 
saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The 
thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to des- 
troy : I am come that they might have life, and that 
they might have it more abundantly. I am the 
good shepherd : the good shepherd giveth his life 
for the sheep. But he that is a hireling, and not 
a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the 
wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and 
the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The 
hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for 
the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my^sheep, 
and am known of mine, even as the Father knoweth me, 



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and I know the Father : and I lay down my life for the 
sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this 
fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my 
voice; and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down 
my life, that I might take it again. No one taketh it 
from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to 
lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This 
commandment have I received of my Father. 

—John 10 : 1-18. 



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THEN Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus 
was coming, went and met him : but Mary sat 
still in the house. Then said Martha unto 
Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not 
died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt 
ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, 
Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I 
know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last 
day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the 
life : he that believeth in me, though he die, yet shall he 
live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall 
never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of 
God, which should come into the world. 

—John ii ; 20-27. 



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WHEN Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and 
the Jews also weeping which came with her, 
he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 
and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, 
Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, 
Behold how he loved him ! And some of them said, 
Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, 
have caused that even this man should not have died ? 
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the 
grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus 
said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him 
that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he 
stinketh : for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith 
unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest 
believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God ? Then they 
took away the stone from the place where the dead was 
laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I 
thank thee that thou heardest me. And I knew that thou 
hearest me always : but because of the people which 
stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast 
sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with 
a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was 
dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes ; 
and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith 
unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

—John 11 : 33-44- 



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NOW before the feast of the passover, when 
Jesus knew that his hour was come that he 
should depart out of this world unto the 
Father, having loved his own which were in the world, 
he loved them to the uttermost. And during supper, the 
devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, 
Simon's son, to betray him; Jesus knowing that the 
Father had given all things into his hands, and that he 
was come from God, and went to God ; he riseth from 
supper, and laid aside his garments ; and took a towel, 
and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a 
basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe 
them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then 
cometh he to Simon Peter : and Peter saith unto him, 
Lord, dost thou wash my feet ? Jesus answered and said 
unto him, What I do thou knowest not now ; but thou 
shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt 
never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee 
not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto 
him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my 
head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth 
not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit : and 
ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should be- 
tray him ; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. So 
after he had washed their feet, and had taken his gar- 
ments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know 
ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me Master and 
Lord : and ye say well ; for so I am. If I then, your 
Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought 



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to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an 
example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he that 
sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye 
do them. 

—John ij ; 1-17. 



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LET not your heart be troubled : believe in God, 
believe also in me. In my Father's house are 
many mansions : if it were not so, I would have 
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go 
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and re- 
ceive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may 
be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye 
know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not 
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the 
life : no man cometh unto the Father, but through me. 

—John 14 : 1-6, 



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I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husband- 
man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit 
he taketh away : and every branch that beareth 
fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken 
unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch 
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; 
no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, 
ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in 
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit ; for apart from 
me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is 
cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather 
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall 
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein 
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall 
ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so 
have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep 
my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as 
I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in 
his love. 

—John 15 : 1-10. 



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I PRAY for them : I pray not for the world, but for 
them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. 
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine ; and I 
am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the 
world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. 
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom 
thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy 
name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none 
of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the Scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled. And now I come to thee ; and 
these things I speak in the world, that they might have 
my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy 
word ; and the world hath hated them, because they are 
not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray 
not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but 
that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one. They 
are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 
Consecrate them in the truth : thy word is truth. 

—John 17 : 9-17* 



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NEITHER pray I for these alone, but for them 
also which shall believe on me through their 
word; that they all may be one; as thou, 
Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be 
one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent 
me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given 
them ; that they may be one, even as we are one : I in 
them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected in 
one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent 
me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, 
I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, 
be with me where I am; that they may behold my 
glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me 
before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, 
the world hath not known thee : but I have known thee, 
and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I 
have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it ; 
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in 
them, and I in them. 

—John 17 : 20-26. 



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THEN delivered he him therefore unto them to 
be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him 
away. And he bearing his cross went forth 
into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in 
the Hebrew Golgotha : where they crucified him, and two 
others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the 
midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. 
And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the King of the 
Jews. This title then read many of the Jews ; for the 
place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: 
and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write 
not, The King of the Jews ; but that he said, I am King 
of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I 
have written. Then the soldiers, when they had cruci- 
fied Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to 
every soldier a part ; and also his coat : now the coat 
was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They 
said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but 
cast lots for it, whose it shall be : that the Scripture 
might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment 
among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. 
These things therefore the soldiers did. Now there stood 
by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, 
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When 
Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing 
by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, 
behold thy son ! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold 
thy mother ! And from that hour that disciple took her 



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unto his own home. After this, Jesus knowing that all 
things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might 
be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel 
full of vinegar : and they filled a sponge with vinegar, 
and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When 
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is 
finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up his 
spirit. 

—John 10 : 16-30. 



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BUT Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping : 
and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked 
into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in 
white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the 
feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say 
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto 
them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I 
know not where they have laid him. And when she had 
thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus stand- 
ing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto 
her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? 
She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, 
Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou 
hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith 
unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, 
Rabboni ; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, 
Touch me not \ for I am not yet ascended to my Father : 
but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto 
my Father, and your Father ; and to my God, and your 
God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that 
she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these 
things unto her. 

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SO when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou 
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, 
son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto 
him, Tend my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, 
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved 
because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? 
And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, 
Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When 
thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst 
whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou 
shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, 
and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake 
he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. 
And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow 
me. 

—John 21 : 15-iQ. 



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YE men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of 
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by 
miracles and wonders and signs, which God did 
by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know : 
him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and 
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain : whom God hath raised 
up, having loosed the pains of death : because it was not 
possible that he should be holden of it. For David 
speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always be- 
fore my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should 
not be moved : therefore did my heart rejoice, and my 
tongue was glad ; moreover also my flesh shall rest in 
hope : because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, 
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life ; thou 
shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Brethren, 
let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that 
he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us 
unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing 
that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the 
fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up 
the Christ to sit on his throne ; he, seeing this before, 
spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was 
not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are wit- 
nesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God ex- 
alted, and having received of the Father the promise of 
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see and hear. For David is not ascended into the 
heavens : but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy foes 
thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know- 
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye 
have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

— Acts 2 : 22-36. 



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NOW Peter and John went up together into the 
temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth 
hour. And a certain man lame from his 
mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the 
gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms 
of them that entered into the temple ; who, seeing Peter 
and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms. 
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, 
Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to 
receive something of them. Then Peter said, Silver and 
gold have I none ; but such as I have give I thee : In 
the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up : 
and immediately his feet and ankle bones received 
strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and 
entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, 
and praising God. And all the people saw him walking 
and praising God : and they knew that it was he which 
sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple : and they 
were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had 
happened unto him. 

— Acts 3 : z-zo. 



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WHEN they heard these things, they were cut 
to the heart, and they gnashed on him with 
their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy 
Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the 
glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of 
God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and 
the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their 
ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him 
out of the city, and stoned him : and the witnesses laid 
down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name 
was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, 
and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he 
kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not 
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he 
fell asleep. 

— Acts 7 : 54-60. 



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THEN Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a 
truth I perceive that God is no respecter of 
persons : but in every nation he that feareth him, 
and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The 
word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preach- 
ing peace by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord of all) : that word, 
I say, ye know, which was published throughout all 
Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which 
John preached ; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
with the Holy Ghost and with power : who went about 
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the 
devil ; for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all 
things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in 
Jerusalem ; whom they slew and hanged on a tree : him 
God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly ; 
not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before 
of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after 
he rose from the dead. And be commanded us to preach 
unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To 
him give all the prophets witness, that through his name 
whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of 
sins. 

— Acts 10 ; 34.-43. 



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AND we declare unto you glad tidings, how that 
the promise which was made unto the fathers, 
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their chil- 
dren, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also 
written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day 
have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised 
him up from the dead, now no more to return to corrup- 
tion, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mer- 
cies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, 
Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 
For David, after he had in his own generation served the 
counsel of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his 
fathers, and saw corruption : but he, whom God raised 
again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you, there- 
fore, brethren, that through this man is preached unto 
you the forgiveness of sins : and by him all that believe 
are justified from all things, from which ye could not be 
justified by the law of Moses. Beware, therefore, lest that 
come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets ; be- 
hold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work 
a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise 
believe, though a man declare it unto you. 

— Acts 1 j -.32-41. 



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AND it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a cer- 
tain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination 
met us, which brought her masters much gain 
by soothsaying: the same followed Paul and us, and 
cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most 
high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 
And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, 
turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the 
name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came 
out the same hour. And when her masters saw that the 
hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, 
and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 
and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, 
being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, and teach 
customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither 
to observe, being Romans. And the multitude rose up 
together against them ; and the magistrates rent off their 
clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they 
had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into 
prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely : who, 
having received such a charge, thrust them into the in- 
ner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And 
at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto 
God : and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly 
there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of 
the prison were shaken : and immediately all the doors 
were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. And 
the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and 
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would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners 
had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, 
Do thyself no harm : for we are all here. Then he called 
for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell 
down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and 
said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? And they said, 
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be 
saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the 
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed 
their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straight- 
way. And when he had brought them into his house, he 
set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with 
all his house. 

~-Acts 16 : 19-34. 



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AND from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called 
the presbyters of the church. And when they 
were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, 
from the first day that I came into Asia, after what man- 
ner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord 
with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and trials, 
which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews : 
and how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto 
you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, 
and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and 
also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith 
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I go 
bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the 
things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy 
Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and af- 
flictions abide me. But none of these things move me, 
neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might 
finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have 
received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the 
grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, 
among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, 
shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to 
record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all 
men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all 
the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto your- 
selves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy 
Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God, 
which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I 
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enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your 
own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to 
draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and 
remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not 
to warn every one night and day with tears. And now, 
brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of 
his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you 
an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I 
have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Yea, 
ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered 
unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. In 
all things I gave you an example, how that so labouring 
ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give 
than to receive. And when he had thus spoken, he 
kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all 
wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sor- 
rowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they 
should see his face no more. And they accompanied him 
unto the ship. 

— Acts 20 : 17-38. 



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THEREFORE by the deeds of the law there 
shall no flesh be accounted righteous in his 
sight : for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 
But now the righteousness of God without the law is 
manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets ; 
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus 
Christ unto all and upon all them that believe ; for there 
is no difference : for all have sinned, and fall short of the 
glory of God ; being justified freely by his grace through 
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus : whom God hath 
set forth to be a propitiation through faith, by his blood, 
to declare his righteousness because of the passing over 
of the sins done aforetime, through the forbearance of 
God j to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness : 
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which be- 
lieveth in Jesus. 

— Romans 3 : 20-26. 



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THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have 
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ : 
by whom also we have access by faith into this 
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory 
of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations 
also ; knowing that tribulation worketh steadfastness ; and 
steadfastness, experience ; and experience, hope : and 
hope maketh not ashamed ; because the love of God is 
shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which was 
given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, 
in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely 
for a righteous man will one die : yet peradventure for a 
good man some would even dare to die. But God com- 
mendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now 
justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath 
through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were 
reconciled to God by the death of his Son ; much more, 
being reconciled, we shall be saved in his life. And not 
only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom we have now received the reconcilia- 
tion. 

— Romans 5 : i-iz. 



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FOR we know that the law is spiritual : but I am 
carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do, I 
allow not : for what I would, that do I not ; but 
what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would 
not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it 
is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For 
I know that in me (that is, in my flesh), dwelleth no good 
thing : for to will is present with me ; but how to per- 
form that which is good I find not. For the good that I 
would, I do not : but the evil which I would not, that I 
do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that 
do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, 
that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man : 
but I see another law in my members, warring against 
the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to 
the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched 
man that I am ! who shall deliver me from this body of 
death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So 
then with the mind I myself serve the law of God ; but 
with the flesh the law of sin. 

— Romans 7 : 14-25. 



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THERE is therefore now no condemnation to 
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not 
after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law 
of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free 
from the law of sin and death. For what the law could 
not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God send- 
ing his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for 
sin, condemned sin in the flesh : that the requirement of 
the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the 
flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the 
flesh do mind the things of the flesh ; but they that are 
after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be car- 
nally minded is death ; but to be spiritually minded is 
life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against 
God : for it is not subject to the law of God, neither in- 
deed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot 
please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the 
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now 
if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of 
his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because 
of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the 
dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead 
shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that 
dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, 
not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live 
after the flesh, ye shall die : but if ye through the Spirit 
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 

— Romans 8 : i-JJ. 



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FOR as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have 
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, 
Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our 
spirit, that we are the children of God : and if children, 
then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ ; if 
so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glori- 
fied together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this 
present time are not worthy to be compared with the 
glory which shall be revealed in us. 

— Romans 8:14-18, 



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WHAT shall we then say to these things ? If 
God be for us, who can be against us ? He 
that spared not his own Son, but delivered 
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely 
give us all things ? Who shall lay anything to the charge 
of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he 
that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that 
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who 
also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us 
from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation, or distress, or 
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword ? 
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day 
long j we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, 
in all these things we are more than conquerors through 
him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 
nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor 
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate 
us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. 

— Romans 8 .'31-39. 



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OWE no man any thing, but to love one another : 
for he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the 
law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, 
Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not 
bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be 
any other commandment, it is briefly summed up in this 
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour : therefore love is 
the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, 
that now it is high time to awake out of sleep : for now 
is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. The 
night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore 
cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the 
armour of light. Let us walk becomingly, as in the day ; 
not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and 
wantonness, not in strife and envying : but put ye on the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, 
to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

— Romans 13 : 8-14. 



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FOR the word of the cross is to them that are per- 
ishing, foolishness ; but unto us which are being 
saved, it is the power of God. For it is written, 
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to 
nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the 
wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this 
world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this 
world ? For after that in the wisdom of God the world 
through its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God 
through the foolishness of the thing preached to save 
them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the 
Greeks seek after wisdom : but we preach Christ cruci- 
fied, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the 
Greeks foolishness ; but unto them which are called, both 
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wis- 
dom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser 
than men ; and the weakness of God is stronger than 
men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not 
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not 
many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish 
things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath 
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the 
things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, 
and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, 
and things which are not, to bring to nought things that 
are : that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of 
him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us 



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wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and re- 
demption : that, according as it is written, He that glori- 
eth, let him glory in the Lord. 

— 1 Corinthians 1 : 18-31. 



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FOR I have received of the Lord that which also I 
delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same 
night in which he was betrayed, took bread : and 
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, 
eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do 
for a remembrance of me. After the same manner also 
he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup 
is the new covenant in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye 
drink it, for a remembrance of me. For as often as ye 
eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's 
death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this 
bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, in an unworthy 
manner, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the 
Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him 
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that 
eateth and drinketh in an unworthy manner, eateth and 
drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's 
body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among 
you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, 
we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we 
are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be con- 
demned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, when 
ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if 
any man hunger, let him eat at home ; that ye come not 
together unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order 
when I come. 

— 1 Corinthians 11 : 23-34. 



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MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the 
gospel which I preached unto you, which also 
ye received, and wherein ye stand ; by which 
also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached 
unto you, unless ye believed in vain. For I delivered 
unto you first of all that which I also received, how that 
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures ; and 
that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day 
according to the Scriptures : and that he was seen of 
Cephas, then of the twelve : after that, he was seen of 
above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the 
greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen 
asleep. After that, he was seen of James ; then of all the 
apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one 
born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, 
that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I perse- 
cuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am 
what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me was 
not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they 
all : yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and 
so ye believed. Now if Christ be preached that he rose 
from the dead, how say some among you that there is no 
resurrection of the dead ? But if there be no resurrection 
of the dead, then is Christ not risen : and if Christ be 
not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your 
faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false 
witnesses of God; because we have testified of God 
that he raised up Christ : whom he raised not up, if 



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so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise 
not, then is not Christ raised : and if Christ be not 
raised, your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins. Then 
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all 
men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the 
dead., and become the firstfruits of them that are asleep. 
For since by man came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even 
so in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his 
own order : Christ the firstfruits ; afterward they that are 
Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he 
shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the 
Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all 
authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath 
put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that 
shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things 
under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put 
under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did 
put all things under him. And when all things shall be 
subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be sub- 
ject unto him that put all things under him, that God 
may be all in all. Else what shall they do which are 
baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? why 
are they then baptized for the dead ? And why stand we 
in jeopardy every hour ? I protest by your rejoicing 
which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If 
after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, 
what advantageth me ? If the dead are not raised, let 
us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Be not de- 



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ceived ; evil companionships corrupt good manners. 
Awake to righteousness, and sin not ; for some have not 
the knowledge of God : I speak this to your shame. But 
some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and 
with what manner of body do they come ? Thou fool, 
that which thou sowest is not quickened, except to die : 
and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body 
that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, 
or of some other grain : but God giveth it a body as it 
pleased him, and to every seed a body of its own. All 
flesh is not the same flesh : but there is one kind of flesh 
of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and an- 
other of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies 
terrestrial : but the glory of the celestial is one, and the 
glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of 
the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another 
glory of the stars ; for one star differeth from another star 
in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is 
sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption : it is 
sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : it is sown in 
weakness, it is raised in power : it is sown a natural 
body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a 
natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And 
so it is written, The first man Adam was made a 
living soul : the last Adam was made a life giving 
spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but 
that which is natural ; and afterward that which is spirit- 
ual. The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second 
man is of heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also 
that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are they 



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also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image 
of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot 
inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption in- 
herit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery; We 
shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a 
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : 
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this 
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal 
must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall 
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put 
on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying 
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O 
death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy 
victory ? The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of 
sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us 
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, 
my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always 
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye 
know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

— 1 Corinthians zj. 



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BLESSED be God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God 
of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our 
tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which 
are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we our- 
selves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of 
Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by 
Christ. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your con- 
solation and salvation, which is wrought in the enduring 
of the same sufferings which we also suffer : or whether 
we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 
And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are 
partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the con- 
solation. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant 
of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were 
pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we 
despaired even of life : but we had the sentence of death 
in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in 
God which raiseth the dead : who delivered us from so 
great a death, and doth deliver : in whom we trust that 
he will yet deliver us ; ye also helping together by prayer 
for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of 
many persons thanks may be given by many on our be- 
half. 

— 2 Corinthians 1 : 3-1 1. 



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KNOWING that he which raised up the Lord 
Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall 
present us with you. For all things are for your 
sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanks- 
giving of many redound to the glory of God. For which 
cause we faint not ; but though our outward man perish, 
yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our 
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for 
us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the 
things which are not seen : for the things which are seen 
are temporal; but the things which are not seen are 
eternal. For we know that, if our earthly house of this 
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a 
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For 
in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon 
with our house which is from heaven : if so be that being 
clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in 
this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that 
we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath 
wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also gave 
unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are al- 
ways confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in 
the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by 
faith, not by sight) : we are confident, I say, and willing 
rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with 
the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present 
or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all 



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be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ ; 
that every one may receive the things done in his body, 
according to that he hath done, whether it be good or 
bad. 

— 2 Corinthians 4 : 14.-5 : 10. 



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AND lest I should be exalted above measure 
through the abundance of the revelations, there 
was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the mes- 
senger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted 
above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord 
thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto 
me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is 
made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I 
rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ 
may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirm- 
ities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in dis- 
tresses for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I 
strong. 

— 2 Corinthians 12 ; 7-10. 



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FOR this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom every family in 
heaven and earth is named, that he would grant 
you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strength- 
ened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that 
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being 
rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and 
depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all 
the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do ex- 
ceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, ac- 
cording to the power that worketh in us, unto him be 
glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
world without end. Amen. 

— Ephesians j : 14-21. 



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FINALLY, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, 
and in the power of his might. Put on the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against 
flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the 
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 
against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly 
places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of 
God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, 
and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having 
girded your loins about with truth, and having put on the 
breastplate of righteousness ; and having shod your feet 
with the preparation of the gospel of peace; withal, 
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to 
quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. And take the 
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is 
the word of God : praying always with all prayer and 
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all 
perseverance and supplication for all saints ; and for me, 
that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open 
my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the 
gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that 
therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 

— Ephesians 6 ; zo-20» 



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I THANK my God upon every remembrance of you, 
always in every prayer of mine for you all making 
request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel 
from the first day until now ; being confident of this very 
thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will 
perform it until the day of Jesus Christ : even as it is 
meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you 
in my heart ; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the 
defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are par- 
takers with me of grace. For God is my record, how 
greatly I long after you all in the tender mercies of Jesus 
Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet 
more and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; that 
ye may prove the things that differ ; that ye may be sin- 
cere and without offence unto the day of Christ ; being 
filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus 
Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 

— Philippians I :j-il. 



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LET this mind be in you, which was also in 
Christ Jesus : who, being originally in the form 
of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to 
be equal with God : but emptied himself, and took upon 
him the form of a servant, and was made in the like- 
ness of men : and being found in fashion as a man, he 
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even 
the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly 
exalted him, and given him the name which is above 
every name : that in the name of Jesus every knee should 
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things 
under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess 
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not 
as in my presence only, but now much more in my ab- 
sence, work out your own salvation with fear and trem- 
bling : for it is God which worketh in you both to will 
and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without 
murmurings and disputings : that ye may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, without blemish, in the 
midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom 
ye shine as lights in the world ; holding forth the word 
of life ; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I 
have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 

— Philippians 2 ; 5-16. 



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BUT what things were gain to me, those I counted 
loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all 
things but loss for the excellency of the knowl- 
edge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered 
the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that 
I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine 
own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is 
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God 
by faith : that I may know him, and the power of his 
resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being 
made conformable unto his death; if by any means I 
might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as 
though I had already attained, either were already per- 
fect : but I follow after, if that I may lay hold on that 
for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. Breth- 
ren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold : but this 
one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, 
and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 
I press toward the mark for the prize of the upward call- 
ing of God in Christ Jesus. 

— Philippians 3 : 7-14. 



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FOR this cause we also, since the day we heard it, 
do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that 
ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will 
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding ; that ye might 
walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful 
in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of 
God ; strengthened with all might, according to his 
glorious power, unto all patience and longsufifering with 
joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath 
made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the 
saints in light : who hath delivered us from the power of 
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his 
dear Son : in whom we have redemption through his 
blood, even the forgiveness of sins : who is the image of 
the invisible God, the firstborn of ail creation : for in 
him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that 
are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, 
or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things 
were created through him, and for him : and he is before 
all things, and in him all things hold together : and he 
is the head of the body, the church : who is the begin- 
ning, the firstborn from the dead; that among all he 
might have the preeminence. 

Colossians 1 : g-18. 



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BUT I would not have you to be ignorant, breth- 
ren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye 
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so 
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that 
we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the 
Lord shall not precede them which are asleep. For the 
Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, 
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of 
God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : then we 
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : 
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore ex- 
hort one another with these words. 

— i Thessalonians 4 : 13-18. 



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BUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye 
have no need that I write unto you. For your- 
selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so 
cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, 
Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon 
them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they 
shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, 
that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all 
the children of light, and the children of the day : we 
are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us 
not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober. 
For they that sleep sleep in the night ; and they that be 
drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are 
of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith 
and love ; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. For 
God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salva- 
tion by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, 
whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with 
him. Wherefore exhort ye one another, and edify one 
another, even as also ye do. 

— 1 Thessalonians 5 ; i-u. 



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BUT thou, O man of God, flee these things ; and 
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, 
patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of the 
faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou wast called, 
and didst confess the good confession before many wit- 
nesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who 
quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before 
Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession ; that thou 
keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, un- 
til the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ : which in his 
times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Poten- 
tate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only 
hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can 
approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : 
to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 

— I Timothy 6 : iz-16. 



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THOU hast put all things in subjection under 
his feet. For in that he put all in sub- 
jection under him, he left nothing that is not 
put under him. But now we see not yet all things put 
under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower 
than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned 
with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God 
should taste death for every man. For it became him, 
for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in 
bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of 
their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he 
that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of 
one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them 
brethren, saying, I will declare thy name unto my breth- 
ren, in the midst of the congregation will I sing praise 
unto thee. And again, I will put my trust in him. And 
again, Behold I and the children which God hath given 
me. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of 
flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the 
same ; that through death he might bring to nought him 
that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; and de- 
liver them, who through fear of death were all their life- 
time subject to bondage. For verily not of angels doth 
he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham. 
Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like 
unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faith- 
ful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make 
reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he 
himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour 
them that are tempted. — Hebrews 2 : 8-18. 



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WHEREFORE as the Holy Ghost saith, To- 
day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your 
hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of 
temptation in the wilderness : when your fathers tempted 
me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Where- 
fore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They 
do always err in their heart ; and they have not known 
my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter 
into my rest. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any 
of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the 
living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is 
called To-day ; lest any of you be hardened through the 
deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of 
Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence 
steadfast unto the end ; while it is said, To-day if ye 
will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the 
provocation. 

— Hebrews 3 : 7-15. 



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SEEING then that we have a great high priest, that 
is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, 
let us hold fast our confession. For we have not 
a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of 
our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we 
are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto 
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. 

— Hebrews 4 : 14.-16. 



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AND what shall I more say? for the time would 
fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of 
Samson, and of Jephthah ; of David also, and 
Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued 
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, 
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of 
fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness 
were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight 
the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead 
raised to life again : and others were tortured, not ac- 
cepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better 
resurrection : and others had trial of cruel mockings and 
scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, 
were slain with the sword : they wandered about in 
sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tor- 
mented ; of whom the world was not worthy : they wan- 
dered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and 
caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a 
good report through faith, received not the promise: 
God having provided some better thing for us, that they 
without us should not be made perfect. 

— Hebrews n : 32-4.0. 



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WHEREFORE, let us also, seeing we are 
compassed about with so great a cloud of 
witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin 
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience 
the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the captain 
and perfecter of our faith ; who for the joy that was set 
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and 
is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For 
consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners 
against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your 
minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving 
against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which 
speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not 
thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art 
rebuked of him : for whom the Lord loveth he chasten- 
eth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye 
endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; 
for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not ? But 
if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, 
then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore, we 
have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we 
gave them reverence : shall we not much rather be in 
subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they 
verily for a few days chastened us as seemed good to 
them ; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers 
of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present 
seemeth to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, after- 
ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto 
them which are exercised thereby. 

— Hebrews 12 ; 1-11. 



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BE patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of 
the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for 
the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long pa- 
tience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 
Be ye also patient \ stablish your hearts : for the coming 
of the Lord draweth nigh. Murmur not one against an- 
other, brethren, lest ye be judged : behold, the judge 
standeth before the door. Take, my brethren, the 
prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for 
an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Be- 
hold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have 
heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of 
the Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender 
mercy. But above all things, my brethren, swear not, 
neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any 
other oath : but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay ; 
lest ye fall into condemnation. Is any among you af- 
flicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing 
psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the 
elders of the church ; and let them pray over him, 
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : and the 
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall 
raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall 
be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and 
pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effect- 
ual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 
Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed 
earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the 
earth by the space of three years and six months. And 



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he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth 
brought forth her fruit. Brethren, if any of you do err 
from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know, that 
he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way 
shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude 
of sins. 

—James J : 7-20. 



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BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant 
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an 
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth 
not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by 
the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to 
be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, 
though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness 
through manifold trials. That the proof of your faith, 
being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, 
though it be proved by fire, might be found unto praise 
and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ : 
whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, though now 
ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
able and full of glory : receiving the end of your faith, 
even the salvation of your souls. 

— I Peter 1 : 3-9. 



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FOR what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for 
your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when 
ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, 
this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye 
called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an 
example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, 
neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was 
reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threat, 
ened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth 
righteously : who his own self bare our sins in his own 
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, should 
live unto righteousness : by whose stripes ye were healed. 
For ye were as sheep going astray ; but are now returned 
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 

— 1 Peter 2 : 20-25. 



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HUMBLE yourselves therefore under the mighty 
hand of God, that he may exalt you in due 
time : casting all your care upon him ; for he 
careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant ; because your ad- 
versary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seek- 
ing whom he may devour ; whom resist steadfast in the 
faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished 
in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of 
all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by 
Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, shall 
himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him 
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

— 2 Peter 5 .* 6-1 1. 



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BUT, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, 
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand 
years, and a thousand years as one day. The 
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men 
count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not 
willing that any should perish, but that all should come 
to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a 
thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass 
away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein 
shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things 
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be 
in all holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly 
desiring the coming of the day of God, wherein the 
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, accord- 
ing to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, 
wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, 
seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye 
may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blame- 
less. 

— 2 Peter 3 ; 8-14. 



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BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath 
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the 
sons of God : therefore the world knoweth us not, 
because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but 
we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like 
him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that 
hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the 
law : for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye 
know that he was manifested to take away our sins ; and 
in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not : 
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known 
him. Little children, let no man deceive you ; he that 
doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil 
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of 
God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of 
the devil. 

— i John 3 : 1-8. 



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IN this was manifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the 
world, that we might live through him. Herein is 
love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and 
sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, 
if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one an- 
other, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, 
because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have 
seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be 
the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that 
Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in 
God. And we have known and believed the love that 
God hath to us. God is love ; and he that dwelleth in 
love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our 
love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day 
of judgment : because as he is, so are we in this world. 
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out 
fear : because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not 
made perfect in love. We love him, because he first 
loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not his brother 
whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath 
not seen ? And this commandment have we from him, 
That he who loveth God love his brother also. 

— 1 John 4 : 9-21. 



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THESE things have I written unto you, that ye 
may know that ye have eternal life, even unto 
you that believe on the name of the Son of God. 
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if 
we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us : 
and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we 
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto 
death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them 
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I 
do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness 
is sin : and there is a sin not unto death. We know that 
whosoever is born of God sinneth not ; but he that was 
begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one 
toucheth him not. And we know that we are of God, 
and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know 
that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an un- 
derstanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we 
are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. 
This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, 
keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 

—i John 5 : 13-21. 



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AND unto the angel of the church in Laodicea 
write ; These things saith the Amen, the faithful 
and true witness, the beginning of the creation 
of God j I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor 
hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because 
thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew 
thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, 
and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; 
and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, 
and poor, and blind, and naked : I counsel thee to buy 
of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich ; 
and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that 
the shame of thy nakedness do not appear ; and anoint 
thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many 
as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zealous therefore, 
and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if 
any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come 
in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To 
him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my 
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with 
my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 

— Revelation j ; 1 4.-22. 



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AFTER this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, 
which no man could number, of all nations, and 
kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before 
the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white 
robes, and palms in their hands ; and cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon 
the throne, and unto the lamb. And all the angels stood 
round about the throne, and about the elders and the 
four living creatures, and fell before the throne on their 
faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen : Blessing, 
and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, 
and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and 
ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying 
unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white 
robes ? and whence came they ? And I said unto him, 
Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are 
they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed 
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the 
Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and 
serve him day and night in his temple: and he that 
sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall 
hunger no more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall 
the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb 
which is in the midst of the throne shall be their shep- 
herd, and shall lead them unto fountains of waters of life : 
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

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AND a voice came out of the throne, saying, 
Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that 
fear him, both small and great. And I heard as 
it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of 
many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, 
saying, Allelulia : for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him : for 
the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 
made herself ready. And to her was granted that she 
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white : for the 
fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith 
unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto 
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto 
me, These are the true sayings of God. 

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AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for 
the first heaven and the first earth were passed 
away ; and there was no more sea. And I John 
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from 
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her hus- 
band. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, 
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will 
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God 
himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall 
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither 
shall there be any more pain : for the former things are 
passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Be- 
hold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, 
Write : for these words are true and faithful. And he 
said unto me. It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is 
athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He 
that overcometh shall inherit these things ; and I will be 
his God, and he shall be my son. 

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AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, 
clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of 
God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the 
street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the 
tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and 
yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree 
were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be 
no more curse : but the throne of God and of the Lamb 
shall be in it ; and his servants shall serve him : and they 
shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their fore- 
heads, And there shall be no night there; and they 
need no candle, neither light of the sun ; for the Lord 
God giveth them light : and they shall reign for ever and 
ever. And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful 
and true : and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent 
his angel to show unto his servants the things which must 
shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly : blessed is he 
that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 

— Revelation 22 : 1-7. 



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THE souls of the righteous are in the hand of 
God, and there shall no torment touch them. 
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : 
and their departure is taken for misery, and their going 
from us to be utter destruction : but they are in peace. 
For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is 
their hope full of immortality. And having been a little 
chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded : for God proved 
them and found them worthy for himself. As gold in 
the furnace hath he tried them, and received them, as a 
burnt offering. And in the time of their visitation they 
shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the 
stubble. They shall judge the nations, and have domin- 
ion over the people, and their Lord shall reign forever. 

— Wisdom 3 : 1-8. 



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THEN shall the righteous man stand in great 
boldness before the face of such as have afflicted 
him, and made no account of his labours. 
When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible 
fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salva- 
tion, so far beyond all that they looked for. And they, 
repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit, shall say 
within themselves, This was he whom we had sometime 
in derision, and a proverb of reproach. We fools ac- 
counted his life madness, and his end to be without hon- 
our. How is he numbered among the children of God 
and his lot among the saints ! Therefore have we erred 
from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness 
hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness 
rose not upon us. We wearied ourselves in the way of 
wickedness and destruction : yea we have gone through 
deserts, when there lay no way : but as for the way of 
the Lord, we have not known it. What hath pride prof- 
ited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting 
brought us? All these things are passed away like a 
shadow, and as a post that hasted by : and as a ship that 
passeth Over the waves of the water, which when it is 
gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the 
pathway of the keel in the waves; or, as when a bird 
hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way 
to be found; but the light air being beaten with the 
stroke of her wings, and parted by the violent noise and 
motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterward 
no sign where she went is to be found ; or, like as when 



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an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which im- 
mediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot 
know where it went through : even so we in like manner, 
as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and 
had no sign of virtue to show ; but were consumed in 
our own wickedness. For the hope of the ungodly is 
like the dust that is blown away with the wind ; like a 
thin froth that is driven away with the storm ; like as the 
smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, 
and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tar- 
rieth but a day. But the righteous live for evermore ; 
their reward also is with the Most High. Therefore shall 
they receive a glorious kingdom and a beautiful crown 
from the Lord's hand : for with his right hand shall he 
cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them. 

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MY son, if thou come to serve the Lord, pre- 
pare thy soul for temptation. Set thy heart 
aright, and constantly endure, and make not 
haste in time of trouble. Cleave unto him, and depart 
not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end. 
Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be 
patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For 
gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the fur- 
nace of adversity. Believe in him, and he will help 
thee : order thy way aright, and trust in him. Ye that 
fear the Lord, believe him ; and your reward shall not 
fail. Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for ever- 
lasting joy and mercy. Look at the generations of old, 
and see : did ever any trust in the Lord, and was con- 
founded? or did any abide in his fear, and was for- 
saken ? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon 
him ? For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, 
long-suffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and 
saveth in time of affliction. Woe be to fearful hearts, 
and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways I 
Woe unto him that is faint-hearted ! for he believeth not : 
therefore shall he not be defended. Woe unto you that 
have lost patience ! and what will ye do when the Lord 
shall visit you ? They that fear the Lord will not dis- 
obey his word ; and they that love him will keep his 
ways. They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well 
pleasing to him ; and they that love him shall be filled 
with the law. They that fear the Lord will prepare 



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their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight, saying, 
We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the 
hands of men : for as his Majesty is so is his mercy. 

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MY son, according to thy ability do good to 
thyself, and give the Lord his due offering. 
Remember that death will not be long in 
coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not showed 
unto thee. Do good unto thy friend before thou die, 
and according unto thy ability stretch out thy hand and 
give him. Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let 
not the part of a good desire overpass thee. Shalt thou 
not leave thy travails unto another ? and thy labour to be 
divided by lot ? Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul ; 
for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave. All flesh 
waxeth old as a garment ; for the covenant from the be- 
ginning is, Thou shalt die the death. As of the green 
leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow ; so 
is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an 
end, and another is born. Every work rotteth and con- 
sumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal. 
Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in 
wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his under- 
standing. 

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